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The Role of Student Quality in A-School Training Attrition: Trends in Selected Ratings
January 1, 1989
This research memorandum examines the extent and nature of attrition from initial skill (A-school) training in selected samples of technical and non-technical ratings. The influence of recruit-quality characteristics on both academic and nonacademic attrition rates is discussed. In addition, the analysis examines how attrition varies by type of A-school training and how it has changed over time.
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A-School Attrition: Reasons and Results
September 1, 1988
Navy A-school training provides the basic skills necessary for new recruits to become qualified in their ratings. Not all students successfully complete the A-school pipeline they start. This research memorandum examines the reasons for attrition and provides some preliminary evidence on the effectiveness of reclassifying those students.
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Performance of Non-Prior-Service Navy Recruits: 1978 - 1986
August 1, 1988
This research memorandum describes measures of recruit success in the Navy using five performance indicators: desertion, demotion, first-term attrition, promotion, and retention. The CNA data base used here includes all non-prior-service accessions between FY 1978 and December 1986.
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Determining Continuation Rates for Pilots from the Officer Master File
June 1, 1988
This research memorandum examines how the definition of the continuation rate for Naval officers is implemented using data from the Officer Master File. Continuation rates are measured for a cohort of officers defined by their designator and year group. Several conceptual and data problems arise because the simple definition of the continuation rate does not account for various inflows and outflows for specific cohorts. The effect of including or excluding various subgroups within a cohort is considered using pilots from year groups 73 through 78 for the period from 1980 through 1986.
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Statistical Methods for Improving the Assessment of Recruiting Market Conditions
June 1, 1988
This research memorandum quantifies historical seasonal patterns in recruiting statistics and shows them to have evolved over time. Decline in seasonal variation dates from 1978 to 1980 for various measures of recruiting flows. Deseasonalized versions of these recruiting statistics are produced for use in econometric time-series models. The results provide a benchmark for gauging the seasonal component of Navy recruiting goals and achievements.
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Who Stays and Who Leaves? Identifying Successful Navy Recruits
June 1, 1988
This research memorandum examines the relationship between recruit characteristics and recruit success. The analysis uses three related measures of recruit performance and several recruit characteristics obtained from enlistment applications to determine the characteristics of recruits who are more likely to be successful. Indexes of recruit-success propensity for recruits with different characteristics are calculated for each of the three performance measures.
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Recruiting Resources and Policies
May 1, 1988
How can Commander, Navy Recruiting Command, manage enlisted recruiters more cost effectively to provide the needed quantity and quality of recruits? The Recruiting Resources and Policies Study addressed this question by examining geographic variation in enlistment goals, recruit production, and recruiter incentives. This research memorandum summarizes the study and highlights the major policy implications.
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Estimating Reliabilities of CAT-ASVAB Subtests
January 1, 1988
An experimental computerized adaptive testing (CAT) version of the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) has been developed and administered, and a new version is under preparation. It is important that each CAT-ASVAB subtest be at least as reliable as its paper-pencil counterpart. This report presents two methods for estimating subtest reliabilities of the CAT version of the ASVAB, and illustrates them using data from the experimental version. These methods can be used with later versions.
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Evaluation of the Targeted Enlistment Bonus (TEB) for Nuclear Field Recruits
November 1, 1987
The last of three evaluations of the Targeted Enlistment Bonus (TEB) for Nuclear Field recruits is contained in this research memorandum. The TEB differs from previous enlistment bonuses by varying the bonus amounts according to the season a recruit begins active duty. Historically, Nuclear Field accessions have been characterized by a seasonal surge in the summer months, reflecting the presence of many Nuclear Field recruits for beginning service shortly after obtaining a high school diploma. The TEB is designed to assist recruiters in achieving a more level flow of accessions during the year. It was tested during an eighteen month period. For the evaluation, Nuclear Field recruits during this period are compared to those of previous years in terms of the phasing of accessions and enlistment contracts, and indicators of recruit quality. Savings associated with the TEB experiment are calculated, and the implications for potential changes in the TEB are drawn.
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