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A study was conducted to validate the 1969 military specification MIL-F-8785B(ASG), 'Flying Qualities of Piloted Airplanes,' by performing a detailed comparison of its requirements with the known characteristics of the Northrop F-5 fighter and pilot comments on them. The comparison was based primarily on existing flight test data supplemented by analytical data. Validations or discrepancies are noted, resolution are attempted if necessary, and recommendations are given. Recommendations are also made for experimental and analytical investigations beyond the scope of this study which will further validate and update the requirements.

The Department of Defense's basic program to establish uniform and improved practices for researching potential inventory discrepancies is provided in DODINST 4140.35. The policies provided by the instruction are directed toward services with centralized accountability and requisitioning. In order to have a viable program in its non-centralized situation, the Navy modified DOD criteria to consider the comparatively smaller depth of stocks carried at Navy stock points. This resulted in lowering the threshold for researching a potential error. The rationale for development of the DOD and Navy criteria for researching potential inventory discrepancies is not apparent. Methods described in this report provide an analytical basis whereby the decision to research a proposed inventory adjustment can be quantified. (Author)

Concepts derived from theoretical statements can be confused with each other by experimenters or their subjects. An experiment was designed to determine whether cueing subjects, by the use of interspersed forced choice scales on which relevant concepts are placed on opposing poles, has modifying effects on subjects' responses to the non-forced bipolar scales used to collect dependent variable data. The concepts of causality and responsibility in attribution research are utilized as dependent measures, since recent research has shown that they should not be confused if meaningful data are to be obtained. In the Tactical and Negotiations Game, half the subjects (cued condition) responded to forced choice and non-forced measures. The other half (non-cued condition) responded only to non-forced measures. (Modified author abstract)