An evaluation of a suggested method for measuring the effectiveness of the utilization of technically trained personnel
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Authors
Knutson, James G.
Kingston, Kenneth H.
Subjects
Advisors
Torrance, Charles C.
Date of Issue
1965
Date
1965
Publisher
Monterey, California: U.S. Naval Postgraduate School
Language
en_US
Abstract
A test based on the Operations Analysis Curriculum
at the United States Naval Postgraduate School was
administered to 104 Naval Officers. All examinees were
graduates or students of the Operations Analysis Curriculum
and/or officers holding Operations Analysts billets in
the Navy. The sub-sample, 34 examinees, consisting of
officers holding Operations Analysts billets and/or Operations
Analysis graduates was not sufficient to make adequate
statistical determination of the measure of effectiveness
proposed in a suggested methodology. The data gathered
did crudely support hypothesized learning and forgetting
curves and suggested that the effectiveness of Operations
Analysis graduates assigned directly to Operations Analysts
billets immediately after graduation is much enhanced compared
to graduates who are returned first to fleet operational
billets. The effectiveness of Operations Analysis trained
officers in Operational Analyst billets was shown to be
quantitatively and subjectively significantly superior to those
with no formal Operations Analysis training. These results
indicate that Naval assignment policies should be reviewed
in hopes of assigning more Operations Analysis trained
officers (consistent with other requirements) to these
billets. Further investigation of the results of the test
vehicle and other statistics common to Operations Analysis
graduates yielded a feasible procedure with which to
augment the screening of prospective Operations Analysis
students. Final Quality Point Rating, an acceptable
measure of performance, had a .614 correlation with four
readily available statistics.
This evaluation suggests that further study in this
area has great promise in yielding useful measures of
effectiveness for all personnel filling billets requiring postgraduate
education, provided a more effective method is
employed to insure completion of the required test
instrument(s).
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Operations Analysis
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Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
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