Correlation vs. Causation

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Let's take a closer look at the following questions through discussion and examples from your Unit 2 project file attached.

1. Share the practical applications of the study from the Unit 2 Individual Project. How would the results of this survey be used in the workplace?

I take it that this is your project from Unit 2. The probabilities can be used to increase the opportunities in hiring more satisfied employees by looking into several factors such as the tenure of the current employees. The factors that you included in your project can lead to the explanation of our current level of satisfaction e.g. particular department, age group, gender or tenure. However, we must remember that we could inadvertently violate or be guilty of discrimination if we use any biased information for the purpose of hiring.

In business, probabilities are used for measuring the occurrence of an event. This process with overall statistics can help businesses make better decisions. (Homeubalt 2006) For example, from the 288 Data Points, the tenure distribution points for male for the following tenure segments is: 79 Males stayed for less than 2 years. 26 males stayed for 2 to 5 years and 15 males stayed for more than 5 years. 91 females stayed for less than 2 years, 42 females stayed for 2 to 5 years and 35 females stayed for more than 5 years. One might conclude that women (n=35) are over twice as likely as men (n=15) to stay longer than five years. Perhaps this could impact business decisions about promotions and training. However, it is important to NOT inadvertently violate or be guilty of discrimination ...