OFFICER PROMOTION PROCEDURES. I. AN ANALYSIS OF OFFICER PROMOTION ACTIONS

Abstract

Data from actions of the FY 1962 Promotion Boards for majors, lieutenant colonels, and colonels were used to estimate reliability of decisions and the relationship of Promotion Scores to Officer Effectiveness Reports (OERs) . A series of statistical analyses showed that: (1) the evaluations and resulting recommendations regarding promotion are reliable; (2) from 80 to 90 percent of the decisions would have been concurred in by a hypothetical second board; (3) the nearer an eligible is placed to the selection cutoff score, the greater the likelihood that the promotion decision about him would have been reversed by a second board; and (4) while mean OER is related to Promotion Score, it has been shown that other factors also contributed to this score. An appendix describes the method of estimating reliability of panel scores and board decisions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1964
Accession Number
AD0452943

Entities

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  • Ernest C. Tupes
  • Lonnie D. Valentine Jr.

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  • Human Systems

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  • Abstracts
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  • Air Force
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  • Contracts
  • Data Science
  • Government Procurement
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  • Information Science
  • Officer Personnel
  • Standards
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Test And Evaluation

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  • Psychology

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