Quality of Marines: Pre-Enlistment Screening Based on Predicted Performance

Abstract

This analysis examines the mathematical relations between the performance of first-term Marines and their test scores and selected personal characteristics. The objective is to predict performance when only certain test scores and personal characteristics are known (i.e., at time of application for enlistment). A step-wise linear multiple regression process is used to identify the variables which best predict performance. Measure of performance include early attrition, desertion, early promotion, and rank achieved. A procedure for expressing the results in terms of the (new) ASVAB preenlistment test is provided, and a method for application of these results to Marine Corps enlistment screening is presented.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1977
Accession Number
ADA083446

Entities

People

  • Warren T. Matthews

Organizations

  • Center for Naval Analyses

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Attrition
  • Classification
  • Data Science
  • Desertion
  • Education
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Information Science
  • Losses
  • Management Personnel
  • Marine Corps
  • Personnel Management
  • Personnel Selection
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Psychological Tests
  • Recruiting
  • Recruits
  • Security

Readers

  • Naval Personnel Management
  • Regression Analysis.