Analyzing Correlations in Employment Data: Relationships Between Demographics, Experience, and Job Placement
An analysis of correlations in employment data, focusing on demographics, work experience, and job placement outcomes.
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Analyzing Correlations in Employment Data: Relationships BetweenDemographics, Experience, and Job PlacementCorrelationAn employment agency gathers the following data on its clients:a.Ageb.Genderc.Educational level (no high school, high school, associate’s, bachelor’s, master’s)d.Years of past experiencee.Whether or not they have been successfully placed in employment by the agencyAdditionally, the following data is gathered for those who have been successfully placed:a.Starting salaryb.Current salaryc.Tenure in monthsBased on the information above answer the following questions:a.Which type of correlation procedure would be most appropriate to gauge the relationshipbetween each pair of variables?b.Do you expect each pair of variables to be significantly correlated or not?Why?c.For the variables you expect to be significantly correlated, what do you expect thedirection of the relationship to be?Why?Based on the information above answer the following questions:a.Which type of correlation procedure would be most appropriate to gauge the relationshipbetween each pair of variables?a.The correlation procedure that I would use for this variable would be the point-biserial correlation. The Pearson Correlation does not use the nominal datainterval. The point-biserial correlation “has a number of applications. Questions
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