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TRICARE Evaluation: The Effect of the Survey Implementation Process on Response
July 1, 1994
To evaluate the TRICARE demonstration project in the Tidewater area of Virginia, we need to collect health care information about military beneficiaries that is not available from administrative records. We chose to acquire information on access, satisfaction, and health status from a mail survey. We conducted a baseline mail survey in the fall of 1992, before the start of TRICARE. We plan to conduct a follow-up survey in the winter of 1995. Our response rate for the baseline survey was lower than expected, with 38 percent of the adult beneficiaries responding. With high levels of nonresponse, one can never be sure that there isn't some degree of bias in the survey responses. Therefore, we feel strongly about trying to improve the response rate for the follow-up survey. We reworked our survey implementation plan and tested it on a small sample of Navy beneficiaries. We find that modifying the survey implementation process has a dramatic effect on the response rate. This paper discusses the modifications we made and how they specifically affect the response rate.
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The Characteristics and Experiences of USN and USMC Women: A CNA Research Bibliography
November 1, 1993
Since 1980, the Center for Naval Analyses (CNA) has conducted a number of studies related to women's service in the United States Navy and Marine Corps. This information memorandum is a bibliography of that research. First, we briefly summarize the recent results related to women's service; next, we explain the format of the publications section. Finally, we list relevant publications--grouped by topic area--with brief summaries.
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CNA Medical Studies: A Bibliography
August 1, 1993
The Center for Naval Analyses (CNA) has performed formal studies of Navy medicine for over two decades. These studies have covered a wide range of topics and used many different research methods. Because these studies have been performed for many different Navy commands, they would be difficult to find without a centralized listing. This information memorandum is a bibliography with abstracts of all formal research conducted by CNA concerning Navy medicine. The studies are organized as follows: compensation, recruiting, entry standards, and attrition; cost and medical organization studies; data quality analyses; decision analysis; Operation Desert Storm/Desert Shield; peacetime medical requirements; TRICARE evaluation and support; and wartime medical requirements.
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The Marine Corps Job Performance Measurement (JPM) Project: A Bibliography
June 1, 1993
This information memorandum is a bibliography of all formal research conducted by the Center for Naval Analyses for the Marine Corps Job Performance Measurement (JPM) project. The initial reason for the JPM project concerned the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB), which is the test used to select and classify enlisted personnel into the four armed services. The Marine Corps JPM project was a major effort to measure on-the-job performance of enlisted Marines. Active duty Marine Corps job experts on both the East and West Coasts -- at Camp Pendleton, Camp Lejeune, Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, and Marine Corps Air Station Tustin -- provided essential guidance and consultation in all phases of the JPM project.
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Russian Commercial Shipping in the Year 2002
May 1, 1993
Russian military specialists have argued that Russia will need a strong blue-water naval capability to protect her large merchant fleet, among other reasons. In this paper, we conclude that, in a decade, Russia will likely have a merchant fleet one-third to one-half of the size of the Soviet 1991 merchant fleet. Without a significant increase in capital investment, rapidly aging ships and market-based operational expenses promise to greatly reduce Russia's share of the once large Soviet merchant fleet. This information memorandum is one of a series of analyses produced in response to a request by the Director of Naval Intelligence that would define the probable character of the future Soviet or Russian Navy.
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Base Support for U.S. Naval Operations in the Western Pacific: A Survey of 19th- and Early 20th-Century Developments
December 1, 1992
This memorandum, a part of CNA's Pacific Fleet Basing Study sponsored by CINCPACFLT, describes the history of shore support and operating conditions of U.S. naval forces in the western Pacific from the 19th century to World War II. It discusses the rationale, force structure, and shore support of U.S. naval forces during three time periods: pre-Spanish-American War, post-Spanish-American War to World War I, and World War I to World War II. Key advantages and disadvantages of shore support for each of these periods are highlighted.
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Answering the 9-1-1 Call: U.S. Military and Naval Crisis Response Activity, 1977-1991
August 1, 1992
In the 15-year period of 1977 through 1991, U.S. military forces responded to international crises or incidents in 83 cases. This information memorandum presents key findings from historical data in three studies on U.S. military activity since World War II. It examines the questions of whether there is a baseline global demand for U.S. crisis response activity and what impact the Soviet collapse had on the level of U.S. activity. More specifically, the memorandum discusses the role of naval forces in U.S. crisis response activity, focusing on the steady frequency of naval responses over time, the important role played by carriers and the Marine Corps in those responses, the participation of naval forces in all cases involving terrorism, and the increasing concentration of naval crisis response activity in the Middle East during the 1980s.
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Job Performance Tests for CH-53E Helicopter Mechanics, Volume I: Hands-On Performance Test
January 1, 1992
Hands-on performance tests and job-knowledge tests were developed for the CH-53E helicopter mechanic as part of the Marine Corps Job Performance Measurement Project. The purpose of this information memorandum is to disseminate these performance measures to Marine Corps personnel managers, training instructors, and interested researchers who may find them useful. This work comprises two parts: this volume contains the hands-on performance test, and a second volume presents the administrative duties and job-knowledge tests. See also 95 020802 (Volume II).
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Job Performance Tests for CH-53E Helicopter Mechanics, Vol. II: Administrative Duties and Job Knowledge Tests
January 1, 1992
Hands-on performance tests and job-knowledge tests were developed for the CH-53E helicopter mechanic as part of the Marine Corps Job Performance Measurement Project. The purpose of this information memorandum is to disseminate these performance measures to Marine Corps personnel managers, training instructors, and interested researchers who may find them useful. This work comprises two parts: volume I contains the hands-on performance test, and this volume presents the administrative duties and job-knowledge tests. See also 95 020801 (Volume I).
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A Comparison of Long-Range Bombers and Naval Forces
December 1, 1991
This information memorandum examines the basic issues involved in comparing long range bombers and naval forces and makes some simple quantitative comparisons between the B-2 bomber and the proposed A-X aircraft in cases where they compete head to head.
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