A COHORT MODEL FOR PREDICTING RETENTION OF REGULAR MARINE CORPS OFFICERS.

Abstract

A model for predicting retention of regular Marine Corps officers is formulated. Using data from the three cohorts 1956 - 58, a statistical test is used to show that the lifetimes on active duty of members of each cohort follow the same distribution. Unknown parameters for this distribution are estimated from the data. Retention figures for various lengths of service of the cohorts 1959 -63 are calculated with the model and compared with actual data. Confidence intervals for the predictions are given. Use of the model and follow-on studies are suggested and examples given. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0708043

Entities

People

  • Carlos Kay Mcafee

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Active Duty
  • Data Science
  • Information Science
  • Intervals
  • Marine Corps
  • Statistical Tests

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Naval Personnel Management