Isolation of Important Input Factors in the Performance of Operational Propulsion Plant Exams (OPPE) and Light Off Exams (LOE) for Atlantic Fleet Ships

Abstract

This thesis examines the relationships between independent variables such as underway time, material conditions, and personnel manning and dependent variables in the form of engineering exam scores. Multinomial linear regression models are used to examine these relationships. These efforts met with limited success. The percent of time that a ship spends underway prior to an OPPE was the most significant of any independent variable considered, yet efforts to model the effects of diminishing returns were unsuccessful. Outship OPPEs failed to show any significant relationship for the underway independent variables examined, but they did reveal that ships which file a greater number of CASREPs prior to receiving an outchop OPPE increase their odds of receiving a favorable test score. Attempts to model LOE were unsuccessful. Thesis.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1989
Accession Number
ADA219807

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People

  • Thomas D. Nolen

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

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Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amphibious Ships
  • Data Science
  • Databases
  • Deployment
  • Engineering
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Information Science
  • Maximum Likelihood Estimation
  • Naval Operations
  • Naval Vessels (Combatant)
  • Navy
  • Operations Research
  • Schools
  • Ships
  • United States
  • United States Naval Academy
  • Warfare

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  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering.
  • Systems Analysis and Design