1991/1992 Survey of Total Army Military Personnel: Taxonomy of Written Comments.

摘要

The development of a coding scheme for an open-ended response question that appeared in the 1991/1992 Surveys of Total Army Military Personnel (STAMP) is reported in this Research Note. The STAMP surveys were designed to provide information to assist personnel officials in setting policies and procedures for demobilization/ redeployment and downsizing. A total of 6,287 comments were code. A hierarchial taxonomy was developed based on three sources of information. The primary source of information was the body of items comprising the STAMP surveys. The second source was a random sample of 69 actual survey responses. These comments were examined for any nonredundant information that might be used in the taxonomy. Finally, the Army Leadership Framework Matrix was examined and additional dimensions were derived for inclusion in the taxonomy. This taxonomy contained nine primary content categories: (1) Quality of Army Life, (2) Family/Relationship Issues, (3) Leadership, (4) Job Satisfaction, (5) Mobilization/Deployment/Demobilization, (6) Training, (7) Career, (8) Policy Issues, and (9) Miscellaneous. Content coding, Operation Desert Storm. Survey, Downsizing.