Clustering Navy Ratings by loss behavior
By: by R. W. Butterworth and P. R. Milch
Contributors: Milch, Paul R.; Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
Publisher: Naval Postgraduate School
Published: 1975
Place of publication: Monterey, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
Subjects: United States; United States. Navy; Cluster analysis; Personnel management; Recruiting, enlistment
Description: The enlisted Navy Ratings were clustered by their historical loss behavior, using a hierarchical clustering technique.  The immediate application of this clustering technique was to investigate pooling of loss data to improve loss estimation.  No significant improvement in loss estimation was found by clustering.  Examples of other potential uses for this clustering technique include isolation of groups of ratings to which a common policy regarding loss, reenlistment, etc., may apply.
Notes: Title from cover.

"Prepared for: Naval Personnel Research and Development Center, San Diego, California 92152"--Cover.

"June 1975"--Cover.

"NPS55Bd75062"--Cover.

Author(s) subject terms: rating, cluster, losses.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 32)

"Approved for public release; distribution unlimited"--Cover.

Technical report; 1975.

ck/ 7/30/09.