What were the survey statistics (response rate, representation rate, etc)?
A. I am unable to determine the response rate due to the mass-email method of distribution–I do not know how many people actually got the email (and were in the target group of respondents). However, I can use the raw numbers to derive an estimate. The AFPC statistics for Sept 2004 give 6159 total personnel in the Core AFSC’s of 61, 62, and 63. My working data set (not including those labeled suspect) includes 528 total current (active duty plus reservists) members in these Core AFSC’s. Dividing the two, my sample is about 8.6% of the actual population, and is therefore representative of the population. The data set I used was 592 records, 70 of which were either retired or separated, and the other 522 were active duty or reserves. The original number of responses I received was 762 responses, and I discarded 170, 40 because they did not complete the survey, and another 130 because their responses to the two key questions on career intent were responded to with vastly different respon
