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SCH DLE 16. DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT (of thi. Repot) Approved for public release; distribution unlimited. 17. DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT (of the abstroct entered in block 20, It different htow Report) 1S. SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES It KEY WORDS (Continu, on 'rees aid * Ii n~c*&eey end Identlify by block numbo,) Selection Female midshipmen Prediction Interest measurement USNA (United States Naval Academy) Voluntary resignation 20. ABSTRACT (Con tnue en coere * side It necessay end Identilo br block rmmbe) Current U.S. Naval Academy selection procedures were developed for the exclusively male population that existed there before July 1976. This research was initiated to assess the appropriateness of these procedures for female midshipmen and to revise the procedures if the system was found ineffective. Male and female midshipmen in the classes of 1980 through 1983 were compared to determine whether differences existed i