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Originally Posted by LineInTheSand
How is your study tracking performance, or is it only tracking retention?
"One study which stands out is the promotion to O-4 for the classes of 1981-1985. I can think of no better gauge of performance than promotion and O-4 is the first rank that becomes somewhat selective. The collective rate for non-athletes was 77.2% while that of the 104 football players who graduated during this era was 94.1%, the highest of all team athletes. I would say that definitely the football players are, for lack of a better word, better performers."
Again, using studies that suit your needs. Not only that but studies that are over 10 years old. Maybe for a grad of 1969 these look pretty recent, but for anyone else, who realizes that the Class of 1994 made O-4 three years ago...your stats looks a little dated. I also wonder how much a class of 1981 stat looks when you consider that women had only graduated a year before that class, so...this isn't the most accurate cross section of what you might find today, now that women have been attending the service academies since 1976, and first graduated in 1980. Finally I wonder if your study indicates how many great performers and very qualified Naval/USMC officers went Five and Dive when they figured out the US Navy organization wasn't what they wanted to be a part of.
How is your study tracking performance, or is it only tracking retention?
"One study which stands out is the promotion to O-4 for the classes of 1981-1985. I can think of no better gauge of performance than promotion and O-4 is the first rank that becomes somewhat selective. The collective rate for non-athletes was 77.2% while that of the 104 football players who graduated during this era was 94.1%, the highest of all team athletes. I would say that definitely the football players are, for lack of a better word, better performers."
Again, using studies that suit your needs. Not only that but studies that are over 10 years old. Maybe for a grad of 1969 these look pretty recent, but for anyone else, who realizes that the Class of 1994 made O-4 three years ago...your stats looks a little dated. I also wonder how much a class of 1981 stat looks when you consider that women had only graduated a year before that class, so...this isn't the most accurate cross section of what you might find today, now that women have been attending the service academies since 1976, and first graduated in 1980. Finally I wonder if your study indicates how many great performers and very qualified Naval/USMC officers went Five and Dive when they figured out the US Navy organization wasn't what they wanted to be a part of.
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