Who Becomes a Limited Duty Officer and Chief Warrant Officer? An Examination of Differences of Limited Duty Officers and Chief Warrant Officers

Abstract

This thesis examines the Navy Limited Duty Officer and Chief Warrant Officer programs to determine the differences in characteristics. Descriptive statistics, correlation analysis was developed for year groups 1990 through 2005 to analyze the differences in background characteristics and military characteristics of both programs. The study used a logistic regression analysis to examine the predictors of background and military characteristics of Limited Duty Officers and Chief Warrant Officers. The results of the study revealed the background characteristics age, education, race and ethnicity groups were significantly different between the Limited Duty Officer and Chief Warrant Officer Communities. The military characteristics rank, length of service and Armed Forces Qualification Test were significant among Limited Duty Officers and Chief Warrant Officers. This study explains the results and provides recommendations to the Bureau of Naval Personnel and future research.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2006
Accession Number
ADA457585

Entities

People

  • Walter F. Manuel

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Correlation Analysis
  • Data Analysis
  • Descriptive Analytics
  • Education
  • Employment
  • Engineers
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Information Science
  • Minority Groups
  • Naval Operations
  • Naval Personnel
  • Personnel Management
  • Regression Analysis
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Statistics
  • United States Naval Academy
  • Warrant Officers

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  • Military Leadership and Professional Education.
  • Naval Personnel Management