Factors Affecting U.S. Army Recruiting.

Abstract

This paper compares seven models which were developed to explain the relationships between recruiting variables and the accomplishment of the recruiting mission. The evaluation considered three Army models developed by contract, two Army models developed in-house, and two Navy models. The paper discusses common problems which were found in several of the models: collinearity, homoscedasticity, and lack of sufficient statistical tests and prediction interval determination. The Army's Enlistment Prediction model (EPM) is used to illustrate the presence of collinearity. The paper concludes with soem comments on the use of analysis, as well as management involvement when prediction models are used for mission assignment. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1981
Accession Number
ADA108536

Entities

People

  • Gerald A. Klopp

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Administrative Personnel
  • Birds
  • Business Administration
  • Contracts
  • Data Analysis
  • Data Science
  • Databases
  • Department Of Defense
  • Eigenvalues
  • Factor Analysis
  • Information Science
  • Intervals
  • Management Personnel
  • Manpower
  • Recruiting
  • Regression Analysis
  • Statistical Tests

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

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  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Naval Personnel Management
  • Regression Analysis.