This research enhances Industrial and Organizational Psychology (IO) by providing a statistical prediction of job performance derived from psychological inventories and biographical data. The research uses a combination of statistical learning, feature selection methods, and multivariate statistics to determine the better prediction function approximation with features obtained from the Non Commissioned Officer Leadership Skills Inventory (NLSI) and biographical data. The research created a methodology for iteratively developing a statistical learning ...
U.S. Army Recruiting Command (USAREC) requires a robust and predictive system that will optimize their monthly and annual percentage of recruits in the Delayed Entry Program (DEP). This optimization system must also consider the dynamic nature of "In and For" recruits, those recruits who are contacted and accessed in the same month. The DEP is a direct reflection of current economic factors (unemployment), eligible youth, DoD marketing/advertising efforts, and the ...