VIGILANT WARRIOR A Vigilance Selection Test

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VIGILANT WARRIORA Vigilance Selection Test
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VIGILANT WARRIOR

• A Concept for Predicting Vigilance Ability
• Developed by

• University of Cincinnati
• 429 Dyer Hall
• 2600 Clifton Ave.
• Cincinnati, Ohio 45221
• http//www.uc.edu/

JXT Applications, Inc. The Acropolis Executive
Center 2673 Commons Blvd., Suite 20 Beavercreek,
Ohio 45431-3773 http//www.jxtai.com
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PROGRAM OBJECTIVE

• Develop and validate a personnel selection
  battery that will predict operational vigilance
  aptitude

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RATIONALE

• Previous attempts to predict vigilance capability
  have met with limited success
• Unidimensional
• E.g., personality variables
• Not necessarily theory-based
• Recent research indicates a multi-dimensional,
  performance-based approach is both required and
  feasible

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MULTIPLE DIMENSIONAL APPROACH

• Personality IQ Tests
• Short Vigilance Task (SVT)
• Individuals Responses to the Task
• Workload
• Stress
• Coping Skills

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VIGILANT WARRIOR CONCEPTUAL DIAGRAM
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MULTIVARIATE PREDICTION ALGORITHM

• Single Vigilance Prediction Score or a Vigilance
  Prediction Profile
• Based on Multiple Regression
• Being developed jointly by JXT and the University
  of Cincinnati
• To be evaluated by Army personnel specialists for
  relevance and usability

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PROGRAM PHASES

• Phase I 6 months completed
• Option 3 months completed
• Phase II 24 months in month 2

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PHASE I

• Search and review literature
• Past attempts to predict vigilance
• Current theories and research relevant to
  vigilance prediction
• Develop most promising conceptual approach
• Assess the feasibility of multi-dimensional
  approach
• Demonstrate conceptual approach

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OPTION PERIOD

• Select/acquire candidate tests for battery
• Define experiments for Phase II
• Plan Phase II validation research
• Prepare experimental protocol and submit it for
  IRB approval
• Develop software specifications
• SVT
• Criterion task
• Auditory secondary task

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PHASE II

• Conduct preliminary research
• 200 subjects
• Identify specific test items to be used in
  validation study
• Not all candidate tests will be used in final
  battery
• Eliminating tests will
• increase predictive power
• permit shorter test times goal is 20 to 30
  minutes
• Fine-tune the psychophysical properties of the
  short vigilance task
• Conduct validation study using a simulated
  operational vigilance task about 400 subjects

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PHASE II contd

• Produce battery version for review by Army
  Personnel Selection Specialists to
• Assess usability
• Assess operational relevance
• Distribute battery for review by other
  organizations that have expressed interest or
  offered support for development
• Deliver final product to the Army along with
  recommendations for further development

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EARLY DATA SHOW MUCH INTEREST
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TEST CATEGORIES
TEST CATEGORY EXAMPLES
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EXTRAVERSION
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CONSCIENTIOUSNESS
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COGNITIVE FAILURES
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SCHIZOTYPY
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ADHD
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INTELLIGENCE
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TRAIT SLEEPINESS
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BOREDOM PRONENESS
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DAYDREAMING
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SHORT VIGILANCE TEST(SIMULTANEOUS)
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SHORT VIGILANCE TEST(SUCCESSIVE)
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POST FEELINGS
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WORKLOAD
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DEALING WITH PROBLEMS
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RESULTS
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IF YOU WOULD LIKE A COPY OF THE DEMO

• Please contact
• Mark S. Crabtree
• E-mail markcrabtree_at_jxtai.com
• Cell phone [phone]

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POSSIBLE NEEDS BEYOND PHASE II

• Additional validation studies Does the battery
  predict to other criterion tasks resembling
  real-life situations e.g., ATC, sustained
  vehicle operation, monitoring UAVs?
• Additional short performance tasks as predictors
  Do tasks such as reaction time and visual search
  add to the criterion variance explained by the
  battery, i.e., result in better predictions?
• Role of spatial factors Research in predicting
  to criterion tasks placing high demands on
  spatial attention, involving scanning and other
  spatial cognitive functions, such as
  route-finding. Do we need a 'spatialized' brief
  vigilance task as predictor?
• Utility of psychophysiology Are there any
  psychophysiological indices that would improve
  prediction, and are acceptable to potential
  users?
• Predicting expert performance Determine if elite
  soldiers known to have performed well on missions
  requiring sustained attention score higher on the
  battery.
• Role of sleep in prediction Does the battery
  predict the operator's resistance to sleep
  deprivation?

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QUESTIONS?