Student Pilot Aptitude as an Indicator of Success in a Part 141 Collegiate Flight Training Program

Autor/in	McFarland, Maureen R.
Titel	Student Pilot Aptitude as an Indicator of Success in a Part 141 Collegiate Flight Training Program
Quelle	(2017), (224 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit Ph.D. Dissertation, Kent State University
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	978-1-3697-7298-2
Schlagwörter	Hochschulschrift; Dissertation; Aviation Education; Higher Education; Predictor Variables; Student Surveys; Academic Persistence; Student Characteristics; College Students; Regression (Statistics); Prediction; Correlation; High School Students; Grade Point Average; Courses; Flight Training; Performance + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Thesis; Dissertations; Academic thesis; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Prädiktor; Schülerbefragung; Collegestudent; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Vorhersage; Korrelation; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Kursangebot; Achievement; Leistung
Abstract	Predicting flight training success has been well researched in military aviation yet there is limited information pertaining to general aviation. The purpose of this study was to determine if attributes of pilot performance could be used to differentiate students in a collegiate flight training program. Several pre-entry and flight training attributes were examined to see if any served as predictors of success. A general survey was administered to explore why students may or may not have chosen to remain in the flight training program and/or pursue the certified flight instructor (CFI) certificate. Finally, the Tabular Speed Test(c) was administered to further understand flight student population characteristics as they pertained to existing aviation selection test batteries. The participants in this study were 242 persons attending a Midwestern post-secondary institution who began and completed the private pilot flight course between the spring of 2010 and fall of 2014. Logistic regression results indicated that it was possible to predict student completion of the multi-engine flight course 73.2% of the time (X[superscript 2] (7) = 23.349, p < 0.001). Additionally, there were several significant correlations amongst performance variables which warrant future research, such as the relationship between high school GPA to the private, instrument and commercial flight theory courses (r = 0.307, n= 199, p = 0.000, r = 0.367, n= 103, p = 0.000, and r = 0.219, n= 84, p = 0.045, respectively). In total, results indicate that development of a pilot selection battery for use in collegiate aviation may be promising. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.] (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01