Accession Number:

AD0780438

Title:

Non-Cognitive Factors as Predictors of Individual Suitability for Service in the U. S. Navy

Descriptive Note:

Final rept.

Corporate Author:

NAVY PERSONNEL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER SAN DIEGO CA

Personal Author(s):

• Bowser, Samuel E.

Report Date:

1974-04-01

Pagination or Media Count:

66.0

Abstract:

The study is a pilot utilizing non-cognitive data sources in the prediction of individual suitability for service in the U.S. Navy. A methodology was developed which enables a logical selection of subsets of categorical predictors to optimize the prediction of suitability for service. The results support the contention that non-cognitive data sources are important and useful in prediction of success in the U.S. Navy.

Descriptors:

• *ENLISTED PERSONNEL
• *PERSONNEL SELECTION
• *RECRUITING
• BAYES THEOREM
• BIOGRAPHIES
• COMPUTER PROGRAMMING
• DECISION MAKING
• NAVY
• QUESTIONNAIRES
• REENLISTMENT

Subject Categories:

• Personnel Management and Labor Relations

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE