Study of Personnel Attrition and Revocation within U.S. Marine Corps Air Traffic Control Specialties
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Authors
McBride, Trey M.
Subjects
Marine Corps
Air Traffic Control
ATC
Marine Corps Air Traffic Control
MATC
Attrition
Revocation
Selection
MOS
Regression
Probit
dProbit
STATA
Statistics
Marginal Effects
ASVAB
AFQT
Composite Scores
Screening
NCAPS
Air Traffic Control
ATC
Marine Corps Air Traffic Control
MATC
Attrition
Revocation
Selection
MOS
Regression
Probit
dProbit
STATA
Statistics
Marginal Effects
ASVAB
AFQT
Composite Scores
Screening
NCAPS
Advisors
Pema, Elda
Eitelberg, Mark J.
Date of Issue
2012-03
Date
Mar-12
Publisher
Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
Language
Abstract
This thesis evaluates U.S. Marine Corps Air Traffic Control (MATC) military occupational specialties (MOSs) to determine methods of reducing personnel attrition from the MATC Basic Course and revocation from operational forces. The author analyzes Marine Corps personnel data obtained from the Total Force Data Warehouse and Headquarters Marine Corps. The range of the data analyzed covers a period from fiscal years 1999 through 2008, including 965 MATC Marines. Multivariate regression models are estimated to determine the effects of AFQT score, ASVAB composite scores, demographics, and other measures of performance on the likelihood of personnel attrition and revocation. Results indicate that changing selection criteria for AFQT score or ASVAB composite scores is not warranted. It is recommended that current selection criteria be augmented with improved medical screening at Military Entrance Processing Stations (MEPS) and recruit depots, to include non-cognitive testing, such as Navy Computer Adaptive Personality Scales (NCAPS), during recruitment. It is also recommended that an economic analysis be conducted comparing the cost of personnel losses during training with the cost of losses due to revocation.
Type
Thesis
Description
Series/Report No
Department
Management