Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute's Weighting Strategy
Abstract
The purpose of this report is to detail Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institutes (DEOMI) consideration, development, and evaluation of a weighting strategy to enhance generalizability of Defense Organizational Climate Survey (DEOCS) data. In considering the utility of a weighting strategy, the strengths and limitations of the DEOCS administration are assessed in conjunction with the potential benefit of a weighting strategy. An initial weighting strategy was developed to adjust estimates for nonresponse in the sample and the population. The preliminary evaluation of this procedure revealed: (1) similar ratios of individual-level demographics to the DoD population, (2) no evidence of nonresponse bias when employing sample weights, and (3) no significant difference in results between weighted and unweighted data. If improvement of estimates is minor, and the strength of the DEOCS data is in its representativeness, further consideration must be taken regarding whether weighting is necessary. Currently, the Office of People Analytics (OPA) is formally evaluating this process before providing unit climate results to DoD or Services and will be a resource for future direction in this domain.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 2019
- Accession Number
- AD1083939
Entities
People
- Daniel P. Mcdonald
Organizations
- Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute