A Reenlistment Index.
Abstract
The purpose of this project was to devise a composite index to predict reenlistment of airmen in the electronics career field. The variables in the composite were limited to test scores and personal data available during basic training. The approach to the problem was exploratory. A preliminary study of the relation to reenlistment of all available test scores and personal data, using a group which had been tested from June 1949 through February 1950 and who had either been discharged or had reenlisted by June of 1954 showed which variables were most relevant. A second study showed that different variables would have different prediction values in different career fields and different values for white and Negro groups. A third study of several experimental measures of interest and background which had been used in another project but were available for a small sample in the reenlistment study suggested that a low socio-economic background favored reenlistment. On the basis of these preliminary studies, and in consideration of Air Force need, it was decided to limit the initial effort to the prediction of reenlistment in the electronics career field and to use a weighted composite of age, education, army area from which recruited, score on Attitude Survey, and score on a special biographical key designed to predict reenlistment in the electronics career field. A formula for weighting these variables was derived from their interrelationships in the June 1949-February 1950 sample. This formula yields the proposed reenlistment index.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 1955
- Accession Number
- ADA039042
Entities
People
- A. Carp
- E. Seldon Clark
- George Burgess
- H. G. Lawrence
- Mary Agnes Gordon