Development and Validation of Preenlistment Screening Composites for Army Enlisted Personnel
Abstract
Military enlistment standards have been established as a means of evaluating he suitability of prospective military personnel. One purpose of the study was to identify important variables which may be used in pre enlistment screening. The other was to develop and validate composites of the variables found to be most predictive of first-term attrition. Such composites could be used operationally to screen out applicants who are high risk individuals, in terms of first term attrition. Cross-tabulations of bio-demographic variables and attrition status were computed to determine the impact of the variables on first-term attrition. Candidate predictors included educational level, AFQT category, age at entry, race, term of enlistment, moral waivers, marital status, dependent status, geographic attrition code, and ASVAB-5 or other ASVAB form. A series of logistic regression models were computed using a forward selection procedure. The three male and three female models which showed the best fit to the data were then selected. Individuals were assigned scores using the coefficients for each model. Validities and cross-validities were computed for each male and female composite to evaluate its explanatory strength and stability in cross-validation.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 01, 1985
- Accession Number
- ADA165236
Entities
People
- Dona C. Zimmerman
- Ray A. Zimmerman
- William H. King
Organizations
- Naval Postgraduate School