Sources of Error in Naval Personnel Surveys: An Investigation

Abstract

Two types of errors present in mail surveys of naval personnel were studied. One was in the responses given to survey items on factual characteristics such as pay grade, marital status, etc. The other was in information in the Navy's automated personnel records which are used for survey sample selection and data analysis. Response errors were assessed by obtaining two sets of responses to the factual survey items from the same group of people and also by comparing questionnaire responses to information in the personnel jackets. Errors in the automated records were assessed by comparing their information to the personnel jacket information. The results showed a wide variance across items in the average amount of response error. (Modified author abstract)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0765321

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  • E. Sue Mohr
  • Laurie A. Broedling

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  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Applied Psychology
  • Data Analysis
  • Employment
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Measurement
  • Military Research
  • Minority Groups
  • Naval Operations
  • Navy
  • Officer Personnel
  • Personnel Management
  • Psychology
  • Social Sciences
  • Sociology
  • Statistical Samples
  • Surveys

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