Navy Delayed Entry Program Attrition Analysis

Abstract

This thesis was conducted to identify various personal and organizational predictors of Navy enlisted personnel Delayed Entry Program (DEP) attrition. Every non-prior service male recruit who entered DEP in Fiscal Years 1980 through 1983 was tracked for 12 months from initial enlistment, to determine if he accessed or attrited from the Delayed Entry Program. Five models predicting attrition were developed, using logistic regression analysis. Two models were based on personal characteristics of DEP members, including age, educational status at DEP entry, mental category and race. A third model looked at the personal characteristics and the amount of time spent in DEP. The fourth model was based on the size of the Navy's DEP pool, time in DEP and recruiting area. The fifth model looked at all the above variables. All the variables mentioned, with the exception of race, were found to be highly significant in predicting DEP attrition. This information should aid Navy managers in predicting and reducing DEP attrition. Keywords: Delayed Entry Program (DEP); Attrition Analysis; Navy Recruiting; Predicting DEP Attrition; Navy DEP attrition; Recruiting.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1985
Accession Number
ADA159763

Entities

People

  • Margaret M. Murray

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

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Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Attrition
  • California
  • Classification
  • Databases
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Geographic Regions
  • Information Science
  • Losses
  • Management Personnel
  • Minority Groups
  • Motivation
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Recruiting
  • Recruits
  • Regression Analysis
  • United States

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