Sexual assault and sexual harassment in the U.S. military . Volume 4 Investigations of potential bias in estimates from the 2014 RAND Military Workplace Study / / Andrew R. Morral, Kristie L. Gore, Terry L. Schell, editors

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910220085503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Santa Monica, California : , : RAND Corporation, , 2016
• ISBN: 0-8330-9282-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (269 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.883
• Soggetti: Sexual harassment in the military - United States; Rape in the military - United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "National Defense Research Institute"--Title page verso.; "Prepared for the DoD Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office"--Title page verso.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover ; Title Page ; Copyright ; Preface; Contents ; Figures and Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; CHAPTER ONE: Introduction; About the 2014 Survey; Organization of the Report; Statistical Analysis and Reporting Conventions Used in This Report.; CHAPTER TWO: Follow-Up Studies of Survey Nonrespondents; Study Procedures; Analysis of Nonresponse Bias; Results; Discussion and Conclusions; CHAPTER THREE: The Efficacy of Sampling Weights for Correcting Nonresponse Bias; Participant Characteristics Associated with Survey Nonresponse; Association of Participant Characteristics with Survey Outcomes; Characteristics That Could Lead to Nonresponse BiasThe Development and Performance of RMWS Weights; Conclusion; CHAPTER FOUR: Investigation of Total Survey Error Using Official Records of Reported Sexual Assaults; CHAPTER FIVE: Performance of the Sexual Assault Survey Module; Intentionality; Offender Behavior/Lack of Consent; Confirming Past-Year Time Frame.; Conclusions; CHAPTER SIX: Undercounting and Overcounting of Service Members Exposed to Sexual Assault; Inclusion of Preservice Sexual Assaults; Exclusion of Assaults Against Members With Fewer Than Six Months of Service; Exclusion of Members Who Recently Left the ServiceInclusion or ; Exclusion of Alcohol Blackouts and Fear Responses That Immobilize; Inclusion of Nonpenile Oral Penetration in the Penetration Counts; Possible Exclusion of Civilian Sexual Assaults Among Reserve Component Members; Conclusions; CHAPTER SEVEN: Performance of the Sexual Harassment and Gender Discrimination Module; Sexual Harassment and Gender Discrimination Screening Items; Classification of Sexual Harassment of the Sexually Hostile Work Environment Type; Classification of Sexual Harassment of the Quid Pro Quo Type; Classification of Gender DiscriminationError in Categorizing Hostile Workplace Experiences; Conclusion; CHAPTER EIGHT: Comparison of Events Identified by the Prior Form and RAND Forms; Some Past-Year Unwanted Sexual Contacts Counted with the Prior Form Occurred More Than a Year Ago; The Prior Form Identifies Fewer Penetrative Sexual Assaults Than the RAND Form; Unwanted Sexual Contacts on the Prior Form May Include Events That Are Not UCMJ Crimes; Differences Between the WGRA and RAND Sexual Harassment Definitions; Conclusions; CHAPTER NINE: Analysis of Survey Nonconsent and Breakoff; Survey Nonconsent RateSurvey Breakoff Rates; Effect of Survey Breakoff on Sample Characteristics; Conclusions; CHAPTER TEN: Service Member Tolerance of the RAND Form; Complaint Rates; Harm to Victims; Benefits of the New RAND Survey Using Explicit Questions to Measure Sexual Assault; Conclusions; CHAPTER ELEVEN: Conclusions and Recommendations for Future Administrations of the WGRA; Measurement Approach; Sample Frame; Sampling Plan; Sample Weighting; Improving Response Rates; Further Study of Nonresponse Bias and Survey Error; Frequency of WGRA Administration; APPENDIXES; A. Phone Survey Script