Determining the Most Appropriate Criteria for Selection to Brigadier General.

Abstract

The United States Army Military Personnel Center is currently implementing the Selection Board Support System (SBSS), which is an executive decision support system designed to assist selection board members with difficult selection decisions. Previous study groups have determined the criteria by which board members will evaluate candidates, through the grade of 0-6, under SBSS. This thesis determines the most appropriate criteria for the selection of Brigadier General. The criteria were determined by analyzing the expert opinion data of 327 Brigadier and Major Generals. Univariate and multivariate statistical techniques were used to analyze questionnaire data and to suggest selection criteria. The final selection criteria determination was based on results from principle component analysis, variable cluster analysis, and a subjective analysis of the General Officers' comments. Keywords: Promotion(Advancement).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1987
Accession Number
ADA188444

Entities

People

  • James G. Naudain

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

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Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Analysis Of Variance
  • Bivariate Analysis
  • Correlation Analysis
  • Data Analysis
  • Data Mining
  • Data Science
  • Databases
  • Decision Support Systems
  • Executives
  • General Officers
  • Information Science
  • Mainframe Computers
  • Military Education
  • Military Personnel
  • Statistics
  • Surveys
  • United States

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