Predicting the Effectiveness of New Mental Standards Enlistees in the U. S. Marine Corps,
Abstract
The study compares the performance and adjustment of 'new mental standards' Marines with enlistees of higher mental ability. About four out of ten new standards Marines fail to complete a two-year tour successfully, while only one out of four high ability Marines fail to do so. Thirteen of 34 pre-enlistment characteristics, 4 of 12 early training variables, and 5 of 17 later training variables have significant validities for predicting effectiveness during a first tour of duty for low ability Marines. The best of these predictors were combined into tables of odds for ready estimation of the chances that a recruit will successfully complete a two-year tour. Use of these tables of odds at recruiting stations could help in the selection for enlistment of Marine applicants most likely to serve effectively. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 1970
- Accession Number
- AD0725860
Entities
People
- James D. Phelan
- Jerry M. Goffman
- John A. Plag