Isolation of Important Input Factors in the Performance of Operational Propulsion Plant Exams (OPPE) and Light Off Exams (LOE) for Atlantic Fleet Ships.

摘要

This thesis examines the relationships between independent variables such as underway time, material conditions, and personnel manning and dependent variables in the form of engineering exam scores. Multinomial linear regression models are used to examine these relationships. These efforts met with limited success. The percent of time that a ship spends underway prior to an OPPE was the most significant of any independent variable considered, yet efforts to model the effects of diminishing returns were unsuccessful. Outship OPPEs failed to show any significant relationship for the underway independent variables examined, but they did reveal that ships which file a greater number of CASREPs prior to receiving an outchop OPPE increase their odds of receiving a favorable test score. Attempts to model LOE were unsuccessful. Thesis.