United States Service Academy admissions
Subtitle: selecting for success at the Military Academy/West Point and as an officer
By: Lawrence M. Hanser, Mustafa Oguz
Contributors: Oğuz, Mustafa, author; National Defense Research Institute (U.S.)
Publisher: RAND Corporation
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Santa Monica, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 55
ISBN-13: 9780833088741
Subjects: Statistics; Admission; Officers; United States; United States Military Academy; United States. Army
Description: 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: "Prepared for the Director of Accession Policy, Office of the Undersecretary of Defense, Personnel and Readiness"--Title page.

"National Defense Research Institute."

"RR-723-OSD."--Cover page 4.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 53-55).