Are Satisfaction and Dissatisfaction Really Opposites?: Ordered Versus Unordered Models of Satisfaction with Military Life

Abstract

This paper discusses the degree to which satisfaction and dissatisfaction with military life represent directionally opposite aspects of the same basic phenomenon. The analysis approach is to estimate an unordered model of survey responses regarding satisfaction with military life from Marine respondents to the 1985 DOD Member Survey. These estimates can be used to test whether satisfaction and dissatisfaction are opposites with respect to a particular set of variables. Keywords: Estimates, Job satisfaction, Marine corps personnel, Probability distribution functions, Statistical analysis, Surveys.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1989
Accession Number
ADA207607

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  • Edward W. Cavin

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  • Center for Naval Analyses

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  • Air Force
  • Classification
  • Data Science
  • Distribution Functions
  • Factor Analysis
  • Information Science
  • Marine Corps
  • Military Research
  • Probability
  • Probability Distribution Functions
  • Probability Distributions
  • Security
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Statistical Tests
  • Surveys
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  • Virginia

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