Attitude, Aptitude, and Testing in the Efficient Mobilization of Military Manpower

Jonathan Lipow and Jay Simon

Defence and Peace Economics, 2014, vol. 25, issue 2, 113-124

Abstract: Militaries commonly require recruits to pass a test that measures aptitude for military service. In this paper, we show that such tests may also act as a device for screening out low-motivation recruits, even if it is assumed that motivation is not measured by such tests and is not correlated with aptitude.

Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1080/10242694.2013.802100

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