Enhancing U.S. Coast Guard metrics /

Enhancing U.S. Coast Guard metrics /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Savitz, Scott, author.
Imprint:	Santa Monica, Calif. : RAND Corporation, [2015] ©2015
Description:	xvii, 181 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Language:	English
Series:	[Research report] ; RR-1173-USCG ; 1173 Research report (Rand Corporation) ; RR-1173-USCG.
Subject:	United States. -- Coast Guard -- Decision making -- Evaluation. United States. -- Coast Guard -- Operational readiness -- Evaluation. United States. -- Coast Guard. Decision making -- Evaluation. Operational readiness (Military science) -- Evaluation.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10502811

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Varying Form of Title:	Enhancing United States Coast Guard metrics
Other authors / contributors:	Willis, Henry H., author. Davenport, Aaron C., author. Melliand, Martina, author. Sasser, William, author. Tencza, Elizabeth, author. Woods, Dulani, author. National Defense Research Institute (U.S.), sponsoring body. Rand Corporation. issuing body.
ISBN:	0833091565 9780833091567
Notes:	"RAND National Defense Research Institute" "Prepared for the U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic area." Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-181).
Summary:	"The U.S. Coast Guard needs to measure its operational-level performance effectively to make informed decisions about resource allocation. To assist the Coast Guard in this effort, the authors worked with official documentation and subject-matter experts to develop logic models describing each of the 11 statutory missions of the Coast Guard and using the descriptions to ascertain what aspects of these missions should be measured. The authors examined existing metrics in the light of these logic models, evaluating the metrics in terms of their validity (how well they measured elements of the logic models), reliability (how consistently measurements can be made), and feasibility (how readily measurements can be made). They also analyzed the extent to which existing metrics measure elements of the logic models. They then developed and evaluated sets of potential metrics that could improve on or complement the existing metrics, together with a framework for applying metrics in decisionmaking. This report describes the logic models, existing metrics, and potential metrics, including their relationships with one another and their derivation from Coast Guard sources. Note that, as of this writing, the Coast Guard is considering these findings and has not adopted them as doctrine."--Back cover.

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Summary:	The U.S. Coast Guard needs to measure its operational-level performance effectively. To assist this effort, the authors created logic models detailing elements of the Coast Guard's 11 missions. After identifying and assessing the validity, reliability, and feasibility of relevant existing metrics, the authors go on to propose potential metrics that could improve on or complement existing metrics, as well as a framework for applying the metrics.
Item Description:	"RAND National Defense Research Institute" "Prepared for the U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic area."
Physical Description:	xvii, 181 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-181).
ISBN:	0833091565 9780833091567