Twenty Years Later: A Follow-Up of the Officer Evaluation Center
Abstract
After about 20 years, a follow-up was done of the Officer Evaluation Center (OEC), where 900 first and second lieutenants underwent 3 days of assessment of their technical, administrative and combat skills. From 15 exercises, over 2000 measures were taken of each officer. These observations were reduced through factor and other analyses to 341 variables which yielded 8 cross-situational factors. During the current follow-up, the ability of 25 remaining summary variables to discriminate between the group of officers who left the Army after their initial 2-year commitment and the group remaining for a full career term was tested. A second discriminant analysis was performed among those who left active duty after 2 years. These were grouped according to rank (1st Lieutenant or Captain) at the time of completing their reserve commitments. Both analyses yielded significant discriminant functions. In the former (active vs. discharged) analysis 65.38% of cases were correctly classified and in the latter 67.87%.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1981
- Accession Number
- ADP001351
Entities
People
- Frederick Dyer
- Pamela V. Mays