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Pilot Candidate Selection Method (PCSM) Program Status 16 May 2006. Dr. Thomas R. Carretta Air Force Research Laboratory Wright-Patterson AFB, OH Thomas.Carretta@wpafb.af.mil. AFOQT Form S Self-Description Inventory (SDI+). Personality inventory based on Goldberg (1990) adjective clusters
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Pilot Candidate Selection Method (PCSM)Program Status16 May 2006 Dr. Thomas R. Carretta Air Force Research Laboratory Wright-Patterson AFB, OH Thomas.Carretta@wpafb.af.mil
AFOQT Form SSelf-Description Inventory (SDI+) • Personality inventory based on Goldberg (1990) adjective clusters • 220 items consisting of trait descriptions (behavioral statements) • Captured Big Five personality dimensions and 2 additional factors – Service Orientation (SO) & Team Orientation (TO) • SO – organizational commitment • TO – preferences for working as member of a group or working alone • Subsequent factor analysis confirmed Big Five factors and Service Orientation factor • Team-Orientation factor not separate from other factors • Proposed to be used for career counseling