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The Reserve Components Common Personnel Data System (RCCPDS) for Naval Reserve Enlisted Personnel
June 1, 1987
The Reserve Components Common Personnel Data System (RCCPDS) is an important source of Reserve manpower data. Its transaction file provides data on gains, losses, and reenlistments for each military service's Selected Reserve (SELRES). The strengths and weaknesses of the RCCPDS transaction file as a source of data on Navy SELRES manpower are examined, with particular emphasis on enlisted personnel.
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Calculating the Year-to-Year Size and Experience Level of a Changing Group
February 1, 1987
CNA's Total Force Utilization Study examines alternative ways to man the 600-Ship Navy. Some of the important issues involve questions about accessions, retention, and the evolution of groups-such as ratings-in terms of the numbers and experience levels of their members. Consequently, the study developed a model that relates these factors quantitatively. This research memorandum describes the model and illustrates its potential uses with a few examples. The focus is on documentation of methodology, not on specific applications.
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User's Guide to the Claritas Zip Code Data Set
December 1, 1986
The Claritas data set was created in the summer of 1985 and contains all the zip codes within 100 miles of 426 Reserve centers. This paper describes the data set and contents, and explains specific uses of the file.
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Data Documentation for Navy Civilian Manpower Study
September 1, 1986
This research memorandum is intended to serve as a guide to using data to analyze Navy civilian manpower. It describes the construction and analysis of data sets used to compare the supply and demand for civilian employees of the Navy in peacetime and in mobilization. It then provides data sets used to alter the primary data tapes employed and codebooks for the tapes and their revisions. It also provides definitions of terms used in the study.
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