Identifying Demand Indicators for Air Force Recruiting Service With Discriminant Analysis

Abstract

A changing public disposition towards military service has all four military branches rethinking recruiting practices. This Air Force is reacting to this new recruiting climate by increasing the bonuses for new recruits, pumping up advertising budgets, and bolstering recruiting personnel levels. This thesis provides a new tool for assessing how to allocate these new resources. Discriminant Analysis is used to identify population characteristics that categorize recruiting locations. A methodology is constructed that can discriminate between communities where interest is high in military service and where recruiting efforts will not be productive.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADA391225

Entities

People

  • Jason L. Williams

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Communities
  • Computer Programs
  • Data Mining
  • Data Science
  • Databases
  • Discriminant Analysis
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Human Development
  • Information Science
  • Personnel Management
  • Recruiting
  • Recruits
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Students
  • United States
  • Urban Areas

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