Screening Male Applicants for Navy Enlistment.

Abstract

The purpose of this effort was the development and evaluation of a new screening instrument that could be used by Navy recruiters in the field to estimate an applicant's probability of surviving the initial 2 years of service. Using this new instrument, the Prediction Of Enlisted Tenure - Two Years (POET-2) model, those applicants with a low probability could be screened out, resulting in a decrease in premature attrition. This sample consisted of essentially all nonprior service enlisted males with an active duty base date in CY 1973 (N = 68,616). Predictor data included: (1) aptitude test score, used to determine mental group, (2) years of school completed, (3) age at active duty base date, and (4) number of primary dependents. The criterion was dichotomous: survival (72%) vs. loss (28%) after a median 2 years of service.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1977
Accession Number
ADA040534

Entities

People

  • William A. Sands

Organizations

  • Bureau of Naval Personnel

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Administrative Personnel
  • Air Force
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Ethnic Groups
  • Human Resources
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Research
  • Minority Groups
  • Navy
  • Personnel Management
  • Personnel Selection
  • Psychological Tests
  • Recruiting
  • Recruits
  • Regression Analysis
  • Security
  • Statistical Analysis

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  • Naval Personnel Management
  • Regression Analysis.