The Development of Selection Standards for Three Navy Ratings which Vary in Level of Complexity.

Abstract

This thesis is concerned with selection standards for three U.S. Navy ratings which vary in terms of their complexity. The relevant literature is reviewed and a general selection standards approach is developed. This approach is then applied to sub-samples of a large U.S. Navy cohort of enlistees who all had the opportunity of serving for at least four years. Within each rating, prediction equations are developed which link various data available prior to the beginning of the enlistee's service with three criterion measures of performance. Analyses are performed separately for groupings within ratings by race and sex. Utility analysis is employed to help determine optimum cutoffs on predictors. Many potentially useful predictive relationships are found and amongst the results is the finding that for some ratings, ability subtests are negatively related to criteria of performance. Other results are discussed and recommendations regarding implementation and future research are made. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1983
Accession Number
ADA132054

Entities

People

  • Kelvin W. Nesbitt

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Attrition
  • Databases
  • Employment
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Ethnic Groups
  • Job Analysis
  • Literature Surveys
  • Military Personnel
  • Minority Groups
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Personnel Selection
  • Probability
  • Recruiting
  • Standards
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Tensile Strength

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