A Cost Assessment of Army Training Alternatives

Abstract

The Army requires comparative cost data on the Training Extension Course (TEC) for individualized instruction and on equivalent conventional Army group instruction, as part of a cost-effectiveness study of TEC. Costs were estimated from available data and tabulated for the development and operational use of typical TEC lessons and for conventional group instruction. A comparison module (arbitrarily defined as 100 lessons a year to each E3 and E4 in a standard infantry battalion) enabled comparison of operational costs in the two systems. Study findings indicate that use of TEC individualized instruction with either cassette tape or audiovisual aids is less costly in comparison to conventional instruction as volume of use increases.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1975
Accession Number
ADA077759

Entities

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  • A. L. Valdes
  • J. A. Connolly
  • James A. Caviness
  • M. D. Marvin
  • Sanford Temkin

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  • U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences

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  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

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  • Army Training
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