Examining Enhanced Suitability Screening for Predicting Performance in Recruiting Duty Assignments (2018)The goal of this project was to examine two noncognitive assessments known as the Noncommissioned Officer Special Assignment Battery (NSAB) and the Assessment of Right Conduct (ARC) as potential predictors of performance in recruiting duty assignments. The data for this research included NSAB, ARC, and criterion data collected in March 2017. The sample consisted of a total of 5,092 Recruiters in the U.S. Army. After removing potentially unmotivated responders, 4,796 Recruiters remained in the sample. With these data, we first examined the validity of the NSAB for predicting Recruiter outcomes and then explored the validity of the NSAB and ARC combined. Results showed that the NSAB had strong validity (adjusted multiple R’s ranging from .19 to .56) for predicting a broad range of outcomes, including an overall performance composite. In addition, adding the ARC to the model improved the prediction further (adjusted multiple R’s ranging from .24 to .70). These results held in both the overall sample of Recruiters and in a subset of individuals in MOS 79R (i.e., career Recruiters, N = 1,079). These results suggest that the NSAB and ARC may be useful for identifying Soldiers with high potential to be successful in recruiting duty assignments.