Rand DoD Survey Research Program, Fiscal Years 1978-79.
Abstract
As input into policy formulation, the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) relies on data from the automated personnel files (which can be used to track accessions, promotions, attritions, etc.) and sample survey data. As part of an effort to improve the quality of the sample survey data, a Survey Research project was established at Rand. The goal of the current project is to design, develop, and institutionalize a sample survey data collection program in MRA and L as well as undertake responsibility for primary data collection efforts within the Rand Defense Manpower Studies Program. One of the project's objectives is to provide policy sensitive information about a military life cycle: enlistment decisions, career orientations, responses to policies that affect military members and their households, attrition, and decisions to leave the military. At the present time, two 'life cycle' surveys are in the data collection phase. The first, the 1978 DoD Survey of Officers and Enlisted Personnel, is a large-scale survey of the Active Force population. The second, the 1979 Survey of Personnel Entering Military Service, is designed for data collection at the point of entry into military service, i.e., after initial processing at the Armed Forces Entrance Examination Stations.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 1979
- Accession Number
- ADA083081
Entities
People
- Zahava D. Doering
Organizations
- RAND Corporation