The purpose of this paper is to discuss the
development and application of a model
which appears to be useful in predicting
client attrition/retention within health
and social service programs. Selection
of variables and their statistical analyses
are followed by a summary of a manpower
training program study in which 100
subjects were tested along seven psycho social and educational variables in order
to determine best sets of predictor variables to trainees' length of stay. A model
was derived that could predict two times
out of three those trainees who would
remain in or leave the program early.
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