An Analysis of Army Dentists Using Logistic Regression: A Discrete-Time Logit Model for Predicting Retention

Abstract

This management project evaluates factors which may impact Army dental officer retention using logistic regression to develop a discrete-time logit model of dentist retention. This model is intended to aid strategic human resource planning which may also influence future policies regarding the retention of military healthcare professionals. The unit of analysis for this quantitative, exploratory study is all Army dentists on active duty from September 1998 through September 2008. The sample population was 2,003 Active Duty, Army dental officers. The main purpose of this study was to design a useful model for predicting Army dentist retention and factors were identified which were considered significant to this purpose. Additionally, the question of whether or not deployments have affected Army dentist retention since the start of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT) was also explored.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 10, 2009
Accession Number
ADA516608

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  • James H. Hall

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  • Biomedical

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  • Active Duty
  • Business Administration
  • Data Mining
  • Data Science
  • Databases
  • Families (Human)
  • Human Resources
  • Information Science
  • Iraqi-War
  • Knowledge Management
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Physicians
  • Predictive Modeling
  • Regression Analysis
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Surveys

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