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The article presents information about an analysis of some clinical judgments on male basic airmen who failed the group psychological tests. In this study an attempt has been made to analyze the factors involved in psychological evaluation in a clinical setting in the Air Force. The subjects evaluated were 660 male basic airmen, who failed the group psychological tests, thereby becoming eligible for discharge for failure to meet minimum mental standards for retention. Clinical evaluations supplied the basis for recommendation, either for retention in or discharge from the Air Force, a recommendation invariably followed during the period from July through October 1952 with which the study is concerned.

The article presents a methodological study of perception between relations of Rorschach scoring categories to modes of perception induced by intermittent phobic stimulation. In the present study 181 male subjects were used, 149 of whom were volunteers with a minimum of eighth grade education drawn from the Air Force reserves, regular Army personnel, university and seminary students. Rorsehach protocols were scored according to the system of Hertz. The reports of the subjective sensations induced by phobic stimulation were scored as similarly is possible to Hertz' method of scoring for the Rorschach and without knowledge of the Rorsebach results.

The article reports that recognition of variation in motivation toward the test in different situations has led to the design of special keys such as the L and K scales on the MMPI, and the check scores on the Kuder interest schedules. The own work in the Air Force on the development of psychiatric selection tests for flying personnel has demonstrated clearly how vulnerable are tests like the Cornell Selectee Index and certain other questionnaire and multiple-choice association tests to the high motivation of would-be cadets to gain admission to the program.

This article presents some findings of the Rorschach Test when viewed as to clinical group patterns. To effect objective comparison, T-scores were produced based on a normal group of 64 white enlisted members of the Air Force. The deviate cases consisted of 168 enlisted white members of the Air Force who had been referred because of difficulty in adjusting to the army situation. All diagnoses were made by qualified neuropsychiatrists employing techniques in common use, and without prior review of the protocols. Both graphic and statistical differentiations were observed in many instances between the normal and deviate groups, and between deviate groups, although because of the sparsity of cases in several of the clinical groups, these differences must be accepted cautiously.

The article offers information on the role of the user in developing a test for evaluating the effectiveness of human relations training program. It highlights the kinds and the non-statistical decisions needed in constructing the Attitudes Test in Human Relations (ATHURE) for the Air Force. It discusses how the test constructor determines the correct human relations attitude items. Moreover, the consumer plays an important role in the test construction of human relations attitude based on the judgmental aspects.

The article presents a study regarding the contributing factors to manipulative performance. The study has administered a battery of 15 widely used printed and apparatus dexterity tests which were subjected to a factor analysis to a sample of 400 basic airmen at Lackland Air Force Base. The result of the study has identified five factors to account for performance which include manual dexterity, wrist-finger speed, and positioning. It mentions that the marking accuracy was being compared as the so called psychomotor speed in Air Force studies which requires both the speed and accuracy in hand movement.