Volume
6
Issue
2
Abstract
This study examined the preliminary results of a project designed to identify a method to predict successful student completion of a collegiate professional pilot curriculum. The study undertook to evaluate the Edwards Personal Preference Schedule (EPPS) as a predictive instrument. The EPPS was administered to 185 collegiate professional pilot candidates. The results were analyzed by means of a stepwise regression analysis. The findings indicated that only two variables were statistically significant in explaining the variance. These variables were Change and Autonomy. In combination, these variables explained approximately 4.8% of the total variance. Due to the low percentage of the total variance explained, the value of the EPPS as a predictor of success in collegiate professional pilot curricula must be seriously questioned.
Scholarly Commons Citation
Ferrara, R. J.
(1996).
The Edwards Personal Preference Schedule as a Predictor of Success in a Collegiate Professional Pilot Training Program.
Journal of Aviation/Aerospace Education & Research, 6(2).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15394/jaaer.1996.1176
