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Job Performance Tests for Motor Transport Mechanics - Volume II: Administrative Duties and Job Knowledge Tests
July 1, 1991
Hands-on performance tests and job knowledge tests were developed for several motor transport mechanical maintenance specialties 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 contains two parts: volume I contains the hands-on performance test, and this volume presents the administrative duties and job knowledge tests.
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Enlisted Women in the Marine Corps: First-Term Attrition and Long-Term Retention
August 1, 1990
This research memorandum provides an overview of gender differences in the continuation rates for enlisted Marines. It also contains a detailed analysis of first-term attrition for female recruits with four-year obligations accessed in FY 1981 through FY 1985. In this analysis, female first-term attrition probabilities are modeled as a function of background characteristics at entry into the Marine Corps.
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Costs of Improving Recruit Aptitudes: A Joint Product Approach
July 1, 1990
This research memorandum presents and applies a methodology for estimating the cost of recruiting individuals with alternative distributions of Armed Forces Qualification Test (AFQT) scores. The methodology takes account of the key institutional features of the recruiting process, including recruiter time allocation and procedural guidelines. The method is used to estimate the costs of different recruit-aptitude distributions, using data on applicants and accessions for all of the services.
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Factors Associated with Navy First-Term Attrition Losses: Female Accessions in FY 1983 Through FY 1985
June 1, 1990
This research memorandum examines first-term attrition for female recruits accessed in the FY 1983 through FY 1985 period. Female first-term attrition probabilities are modeled as a function of background characteristics at entry into the Navy.
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Identifying Successful Marine Corps Recruits
April 1, 1990
This research memorandum briefly reviews trends in Marine Corps first-term attrition and then analyzes recruit background characteristics and Marine Corps environment variables associated with successful adaptation to Marine Corps life. Three measures of success are examined: completion of the first term of service, completion of the first term of service at the rank of corporal, and retention beyond the initial service obligation.
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Effect of the GT Composite Requirement on Qualification Rates
March 1, 1990
This paper analyzes whether recent changes in the definition of the Armed Forces Qualification Test (AFQT) have reduced the supply of eligible Marine Corps applicants, and whether composites other than General Technical (GT) can increase eligibility rates appreciably.
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Tradeoffs in Using Alternative Height-Weight Standards
August 1, 1989
This research memorandum examines the feasibility of realigning the weight standards of the Marine Corps to make them more equitable between genders without reducing quality standards. The tradeoffs between equity and recruit quality are summarized to assist policymakers in selecting the appropriate weight standards.
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Evaluating Minimum Aptitude Standards
July 1, 1989
The evaluation of aptitude standards to determine qualification into military specialties must address issues concerning both the minimum qualifying score and the appropriate aptitude distribution above that minimum. This research memorandum is an initial effort that focuses on identifying the minimum qualifying aptitude score for assigning recruits to occupational specialties. Hands-on job performance tests developed for the Marine Corps infantry occupational field provide the context for the analysis. Subsequent research will address the evaluation of the necessary aptitude distributions.
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Relative Average Recruiting Yields by AFQT Category
May 1, 1989
The number of recruits enlisted from a target population varies significantly by aptitude score. This memorandum calculates the ratio of recruits to population by AFQT category for the fiscal years 1980 to 1987.
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Physical Fitness of Marine Corps Recruits
April 1, 1989
The Marine Corps views the physical fitness of every Marine as essential to its overall effectiveness. This research memorandum reviews the Physical Fitness Test (PFT), estimates the effect of height and weight measures on the PFT scores of recruits, assesses the need for minimum and maximum weight standards, and forecasts the impact of alternative accession standards on physical fitness.
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