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The U.S. Department of the Air Force spends countless hours and dollars trying todevelop the most highly trained and educated personnel to accomplish the Air Forcemission. The purpose of this study was to determine whether there were differences inthe number of airmen who pass CDC courses among the AFSC category codes (1-6), theextent of differences in the number of airmen who pass CDC courses among the AFSCcategory codes (1-6), and whether airman having a secondary or higher AFSC categorycode or a CCAF degree affected the course pass/fail differences. The study was furtherdesigned to determine to what extent there were differences in the number of airmen whopass PME courses and whether the differences in the number of airmen among the PMEcourses were affected by the attainment of a CCAF degree. In addition, the studyexamined whether there was a difference in the number of airmen who pass CDC coursesand the number of airmen who pass PME courses.This study utilized a causal-comparative research design to examine whetherairman passed or failed CDC and PME courses. The population for this study includedprofessional, enlisted military personnel with 1-30 years of experience. The target groupconsisted of active duty and traditional guard members located at an Air National Guardbase in the Midwest. Data were collected utilizing an Air Force computer program thatprovided information on PME and CDC course enrollment, completion, and pass/failcourse completion for each Airman located at an Air National Guard Base in the Midwestfrom 2005 to 2010. Quantitative data were analyzed utilizing a 2tests of equalpercentages, and a z test for two proportions for the six hypotheses in this study. The results of the study indicated that airmen tended to pass AFSC category code1, 2, and 3 tests more than would be expected by chance. When examining airmen with asecondary or higher AFSC category code, no significant impact on AFSC category codepass or fail course completion was found. The results indicated having a CCAF degreedid not affect the results among AFSC category codes (1-6) or Airman Leadership School(ALS), Non-Commissioned Officer Academy (NCOA), and Senior Non-CommissionedOfficer Academy (SCNOA). Airmen tended to pass ALS and SCNOA tests more thanwould be expected by chance. Airmen pass AFSC category code tests (1-6) with greaterfrequency than did airmen completing ALS, NCOA, and SNCOA PME courses. |
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