ATTRITION - A Basic Language Program for the IBM XT Used to Project Attrition of Sworn Personnel

• NCJ Number: 104829
• Author(s): R A Raub
• Date Published: 1986
• Length: 19 pages
• Corporate Author: Illinois State Police
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Program/Project Description
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This manual describes the calculations of a computer program named ATTRITION, which computes the likelihood of deaths, resignations, and retirements of sworn personnel from the Illinois Department of State Police. The program can project expected attrition from the department for 1 or more years.

Abstract

The program is written in BASIC on the IBM PC XT (personal computer). It operates with 512k storage with data stored on a floppy disk. The data used by the program derive from the file of currently employed officers, the file of departed officers, the file showing the historic count of sworn personnel by year, and information required to operate the program. Operating instructions are provided. The appendix contains a line description of the program.