Questions and Answers Enlisted Soldier Career Progression.rtf

Questions regarding Enlisted Soldier Career Progression:

Does ARI envision making additional changes to the existing survey instrument beyond what was documented in Carre et al. (2023)?

Yes, some changes and updates are expected and may include: adding a topic of high interest to leaders; tailoring some items as Soldiers in the cohorts advance in rank; changes based on psychometric analyses; to reduce survey burden.

Does ARI have a preferred data collection method for this effort (e.g., virtual, using mailed paper surveys, in-person)?

ARI’s preferred method is online and that is the primary approach. However, it is challenging with junior enlisted Soldiers due to limited access to networked computers during their duty day. Therefore, we have supplemented with in-person data collection (pre-covid) and then, a covid procedure was implemented for mailing paper surveys to a POC.

Will ARI provide a list of Soldiers to collect data from?

Yes, ARI can identify the Soldiers from Army administrative data.

How many participants does ARI anticipate collecting data from?

Annually approximately 50,000 survey invitations and 1200 paper surveys are sent out.