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| Summary |
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| Acknowledgments |
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| Abbreviations |
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Overview of Air Force HDHA-Specialty Recruiting, Screening, and Training |
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Organization of This Report |
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2 Efforts to Improve HDHA-Specialty Training Outcomes |
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Previous and Ongoing Efforts to Improve HDHA-Specialty Training Success |
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Challenges in Addressing Training Attrition in HDHA Specialties |
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13 | (5) |
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3 Recruit Characteristics Associated with HDHA-Specialty Training Success |
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Generalized Boosted Models Address Limitations of Traditional Regression Models |
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The Coefficient of Discrimination Indicates Whether New Characteristics Improve the Quality of Predictions |
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25 | (1) |
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26 | (11) |
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4 Illustrative Example of an Intervention to Reduce Attrition |
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We Focus on Improving Fitness for Pararescue Candidates |
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Prior Research on Fitness Improvements Used to Simulate Changes in Attrition Levels |
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39 | (3) |
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Recommendations to Develop Candidates for HDHA Specialties |
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48 | (2) |
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50 | (2) |
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5 Identifying Gaps in HDHA-Specialty Recruiting |
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52 | (9) |
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Air Force Representatives Perceive a Range of Recruiting Challenges |
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Recommendations to Improve Recruiting |
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57 | (3) |
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6 Identifying Gaps in HDHA-Specialty Screening |
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61 | (17) |
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Screening Gap Analysis Started by Identifying Six Training KSAOs for HDHA Specialties |
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Next, the Level of Coverage Offered by Existing Screening Assessments Was Determined |
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Finally, Three Methods That Could Offer Fuller Coverage of Training KSAOs Were Identified |
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Recommendations and COAs to Improve Screening |
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72 | (5) |
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7 Conclusions and Implications |
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Question 1 What Factors Are Associated with Training Attrition in Select Air Force HDHA Specialties? |
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Question 2 What, If Any, Are the Gaps in Recruiting and Screening Candidates to Enter These Select HDHA Specialties? |
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Question 3 What Methods Should the Air Force Consider Using to Recruit, Screen, and Develop Candidates for These Select HDHA Specialties? |
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Limitations of Existing Data |
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Data Limitations Can Be Addressed by Hiring an Experienced Researcher into the Battlefield Airmen Training Group |
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| Appendix A Current Screening Tools for Air Force HDHA Specialties |
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| Appendix B Technical Training for Air Force HDHA Specialties |
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| Appendix C Pairwise Comparisons Among Predictors and Outcomes |
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96 | (4) |
| Appendix D Training Attrition Costs and Offsets |
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| References |
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