United States Service Academy admissions : selecting for success at the Military Academy/West Point and as an officer / Lawrence M. Hanser, Mustafa Oguz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hanser, Lawrence M., author.

Oguz, Mustafa, author.

Contributor:

National Defense Research Institute (U.S.), issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States Military Academy--Admission.

United States Military Academy.

United States Military Academy--Statistics.

United States. Army--Officers.

United States.

Universities and colleges--Admission.

Universities and colleges.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 55 pages) : color illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation, 2015.

Summary:

This report explores the relationship between the current scoring of data for applicants to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and two subsequent outcomes: probability of graduating and probability of officer promotion. These outcomes are important because when a cadet enters but does not graduate, he or she fills a class seat that could have been filled by someone else who might have graduated, and the cost cannot be recouped. The authors considered candidate scores on several characteristics, including aptitude, athletics, extracurriculars, faculty appraisal, and school ranking. Using a series of logistic regression models and a boosted logistic regression, the results suggest that the current candidate scoring system as the primary basis for admission decisions at West Point is effective.

Notes:

"National Defense Research Institute."