Sexual assault and sexual harassment in the U.S. military. Volume 4, Investigations of potential bias in estimates from the 2014 RAND Military Workplace Study / Andrew R. Morral, Kristie L. Gore, Terry L. Schell, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Morral, Andrew R., editor.

Gore, Kristie L., editor.

Schell, Terry L., 1967- editor.

Series:

Research Reports

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sexual harassment in the military--United States.

Sexual harassment in the military.

Rape in the military--United States.

Rape in the military.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (269 p.)

Place of Publication:

RAND Corporation 2016

Santa Monica, California : RAND Corporation, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Department of Defense Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office asked the RAND Corporation to independently assess rates of sexual assault, sexual harassment, and gender discrimination in the military. This volume presents the results of methodological investigations into sources of potential bias in estimates produced from the 2014 RAND Military Workplace Study for active- and reserve-component members in the U.S. military.

Contents:

Cover ; Title Page ; Copyright ; Preface; Contents ; Figures and Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; CHAPTER ONE: Introduction; About the 2014 Survey; Organization of the Report; Statistical Analysis and Reporting Conventions Used in This Report.; CHAPTER TWO: Follow-Up Studies of Survey Nonrespondents; Study Procedures; Analysis of Nonresponse Bias; Results; Discussion and Conclusions; CHAPTER THREE: The Efficacy of Sampling Weights for Correcting Nonresponse Bias; Participant Characteristics Associated with Survey Nonresponse; Association of Participant Characteristics with Survey Outcomes

Characteristics That Could Lead to Nonresponse BiasThe Development and Performance of RMWS Weights; Conclusion; CHAPTER FOUR: Investigation of Total Survey Error Using Official Records of Reported Sexual Assaults; CHAPTER FIVE: Performance of the Sexual Assault Survey Module; Intentionality; Offender Behavior/Lack of Consent; Confirming Past-Year Time Frame.; Conclusions; CHAPTER SIX: Undercounting and Overcounting of Service Members Exposed to Sexual Assault; Inclusion of Preservice Sexual Assaults; Exclusion of Assaults Against Members With Fewer Than Six Months of Service

Exclusion of Members Who Recently Left the ServiceInclusion or Exclusion of Alcohol Blackouts and Fear Responses That Immobilize; Inclusion of Nonpenile Oral Penetration in the Penetration Counts; Possible Exclusion of Civilian Sexual Assaults Among Reserve Component Members; Conclusions; CHAPTER SEVEN: Performance of the Sexual Harassment and Gender Discrimination Module; Sexual Harassment and Gender Discrimination Screening Items; Classification of Sexual Harassment of the Sexually Hostile Work Environment Type; Classification of Sexual Harassment of the Quid Pro Quo Type

Classification of Gender DiscriminationError in Categorizing Hostile Workplace Experiences; Conclusion; CHAPTER EIGHT: Comparison of Events Identified by the Prior Form and RAND Forms; Some Past-Year Unwanted Sexual Contacts Counted with the Prior Form Occurred More Than a Year Ago; The Prior Form Identifies Fewer Penetrative Sexual Assaults Than the RAND Form; Unwanted Sexual Contacts on the Prior Form May Include Events That Are Not UCMJ Crimes; Differences Between the WGRA and RAND Sexual Harassment Definitions; Conclusions; CHAPTER NINE: Analysis of Survey Nonconsent and Breakoff

Survey Nonconsent RateSurvey Breakoff Rates; Effect of Survey Breakoff on Sample Characteristics; Conclusions; CHAPTER TEN: Service Member Tolerance of the RAND Form; Complaint Rates; Harm to Victims; Benefits of the New RAND Survey Using Explicit Questions to Measure Sexual Assault; Conclusions; CHAPTER ELEVEN: Conclusions and Recommendations for Future Administrations of the WGRA; Measurement Approach; Sample Frame; Sampling Plan; Sample Weighting; Improving Response Rates; Further Study of Nonresponse Bias and Survey Error; Frequency of WGRA Administration; APPENDIXES

A. Phone Survey Script

Notes:

"National Defense Research Institute"--Title page verso.

"Prepared for the DoD Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on: online resource; title from pdf title page (JSTOR, viewed July 9, 2020).

ISBN:

0-8330-9282-0