Running head: CREATING A STORY ON EMPLOYEE DATA SHEET

Creating a Story on Employee Data Sheet

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Introduction

Every research is founded on specific inquiries that the researcher aims to respond to. Such

inquiries helps in defining the path to be followed for the research process. Being the first step in

the research process, like in this analysis, the research questions being addressed are well

documented.

Research Questions

i. How does gender affect employee salary?

ii. What is effect of having more years of education on employee salary?

iii. Does the job category influence the amount of salary an employee earns?

iv. What is the effect of job time on the employee salary?

v. Is there any significant effect of the salary at the beginning on the employee salary?

vi. Does the amount of previous experience have a significant impact on the amount of

salary an employee would earn?

vii. What is the effect of being a minority on employee salary?

Variables

To answer these questions, determining the independent and dependent variables is an

important step. In this case, the dependent variable is salary. The other variables such as gender,

education level, job category, salary at the beginning, job time, previous experience, and

minority status are the independent variable.

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Importance of the Analysis

This analysis is important because it helps depict how employee salaries are influenced

by various factors. It would also highlight the possibility of gender and racial disparities in

employee compensation.

Results and Interpretation

For this project, data was analyzed using both Excel and SPSS statistics software. The

results and their respective interpretations are as follows:

Excel Results

Table 1: Descriptive Statistics

gender(

f=1, salbegi minorit

m=2)   educ   jobcat   salary   n   jobtime   prevexp   y  

1.54 13. 1.4 344 170 81 95 0.

430 491 113 19. 16. .1 .8 21

379 561 924 567 086 09 60 94

Mean 7 Mean 2 Mean 1 Mean 5 Mean 5 Mean 7 Mean 76 Mean 09

0.02 0.1 0.0 784 361 0. 4. 0.

289 325 355 .31 .51 46 80 01

Standar 959 Standar 053 Standar 143 Standar 110 Standar 038 Standar 21 Standar 38 Standar 90

d Error 6 d Error 8 d Error 1 d Error 7 d Error 3 d Error 15 d Error 05 d Error 29

288 150

Median 2 Median 12 Median 1 Median 75 Median 00 Median 81 Median 55 Median 0

307 150

Mode 2 Mode 12 Mode 1 Mode 50 Mode 00 Mode 93 Mode 0 Mode 0

Standar Standar 2.8 Standar 0.7 Standar 170 Standar 787 Standar 10 Standar 10 Standar 0.

d 0.49 d 848 d 732 d 75. d 0.6 d .0 d 4. d 41

Deviati 855 Deviati 464 Deviati 013 Deviati 661 Deviati 381 Deviati 60 Deviati 58 Deviati 42

on 949 on 1 on 6 on 5 on 5 on 94 on 62 on 84
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0.24 8.3 0.5 10 10 0.

Sample 856 Sample 223 Sample 978 Sample 291 Sample 619 Sample 1. Sample 93 Sample 17

Varianc 156 Varianc 387 Varianc 403 Varianc 578 Varianc 469 Varianc 22 Varianc 8. Varianc 16

e 5 e 8 e 4 e 214 e 45 e 26 e 28 e 31
- - -

1.97 - 0.2 12. 1. 1. 0.

650 0.2 675 5.3 390 15 69 15

Kurtosi 236 Kurtosi 650 Kurtosi 472 Kurtosi 778 Kurtosi 214 Kurtosi 25 Kurtosi 59 Kurtosi 01

s 8 s 003 s 7 s 224 s 8 s 9 s 53 s 7
- -

0.17 - 1.4 2.1 2.8 0. 1. 1.

848 0.1 559 246 528 05 50 36

Skewne 030 Skewne 141 Skewne 782 Skewne 062 Skewne 561 Skewne 25 Skewne 99 Skewne 03

ss 7 ss 069 ss 4 ss 8 ss 5 ss 7 ss 84 ss 22
119 709 47

Range 1 Range 13 Range 2 Range 250 Range 80 Range 35 Range 6 Range 1

Minimu Minimu Minimu Minimu 157 Minimu 900 Minimu Minimu Minimu

m 1 m 8 m 1 m 50 m 0 m 63 m 0 m 0
Maxim Maxim Maxim Maxim 135 Maxim 799 Maxim Maxim 47 Maxim

um 2 um 21 um 3 um 000 um 80 um 98 um 6 um 1
163 806 38 45

639 148 562 44 43 10

Sum 732 Sum 5 Sum 669 Sum 75 Sum 5 Sum 6 Sum 8 Sum 4
47 47 47

Count 474 Count 474 Count 474 Count 474 Count 474 Count 4 Count 4 Count 4
Confide 0.04 Confide 0.2 Confide 0.0 Confide 154 Confide Confide 0. Confide 9. Confide 0.

nce 499 nce 603 nce 697 nce 1.1 nce 710 nce 90 nce 43 nce 03

Level(9 752 Level(9 720 Level(9 853 Level(9 650 Level(9 .36 Level(9 80 Level(9 94 Level(9 73

5.0%) 2 5.0%) 2 5.0%) 4 5.0%) 5 5.0%) 501 5.0%) 51 5.0%) 38 5.0%) 91

From the results the salary has a mean of $34419.57 with a standard deviation of

$784.31. This means that most of employees’ salaries would revolve around this value with a

deviation of about $784.31. The salary is positively skewed implying that majority of the

employees’ salaries are within the lower bound earning considerably low salaries. The same

trend is depicted in the salary at the beginning, which shows the link between the beginning

salary and what employees earn after many years of experience.

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Table 2: Regression Analysis

Standard Lower Upper Lower Upper

  Coefficients Error t Stat P-value 95% 95% 95.0% 95.0%

Intercept -15750.9 2984.222 -5.27804 2.01E-07 -21615 -9886.65 -21615 -9886.65
gender(f=1, m=2) 2139.926 735.5936 2.909115 0.003798 694.435 3585.417 694.435 3585.417
educ 470.0517 153.5665 3.060899 0.002334 168.2831 771.8203 168.2831 771.8203
jobcat 5760.342 621.4515 9.269174 6.98E-19 4539.148 6981.536 4539.148 6981.536
salbegin 1.31956 0.07011 18.82119 3.42E-59 1.181789 1.457332 1.181789 1.457332
jobtime 149.9827 31.32723 4.787614 2.27E-06 88.42254 211.5428 88.42254 211.5428
prevexp -20.9498 3.320975 -6.30834 6.56E-10 -27.4758 -14.4239 -27.4758 -14.4239
minority -987.396 784.1845 -1.25914 0.208611 -2528.37 553.5792 -2528.37 553.5792

From the regression analysis, a regression model showing the effect of each independent variable

on the dependent variable can be formulated.

Salary = 2139.926gender + 470.0517Edu + 5760.342JobCat + 1.31956Salbegin +

149.9827Jobtime - 20.9498Preexp - 987.396Minority - -15750.9

From this model, it is evident that all variables including gender, education, job category, salary

at the beginning, and job time have a positive effect on salary. Previous experience would have a

reducing effect on the salary. Being a minority would like lead to a lower salary as well.

SPSS Analysis

The output from SPSS analysis of the data is as follows:

Table 1: Descriptive Statistics

Descriptive Statistics
Mean Std. Deviation N
salary 34534.24 17147.903 468
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gender(f=1, m=2) 1.55 .498 468
educ 13.50 2.888 468
jobcat 1.42 .777 468
salbegin 17074.95 7899.404 468
jobtime 80.93 9.994 468
prevexp 95.97 104.848 468
minority .22 .413 468
From this results, the average salary for the employees is $34534.34 with a standard deviation of

$17147.903. The starting salary mean is 417074.95 with a standard deviation of 7899.404. These results are
almost similar to those generated using Excel.

Correlations
gender(f=1,

salary m=2) educ jobcat salbegin jobtime prevexp minority

Pearson salary 1.000 .447 .666 .780 .880 .095 -.099 -.175
gender(f=1, .447 1.000 .357 .374 .453 .088 .166 .081
Correlation
m=2)
educ .666 .357 1.000 .516 .637 .053 -.254 -.136
jobcat .780 .374 .516 1.000 .754 .015 .062 -.143
salbegin .880 .453 .637 .754 1.000 -.009 .043 -.155
jobtime .095 .088 .053 .015 -.009 1.000 .005 .045
prevexp -.099 .166 -.254 .062 .043 .005 1.000 .152
minority -.175 .081 -.136 -.143 -.155 .045 .152 1.000
Sig. (1-tailed) salary . <.001 <.001 <.001 <.001 .020 .016 <.001
gender(f=1, .000 . .000 .000 .000 .028 .000 .040

m=2)
educ .000 .000 . .000 .000 .127 .000 .002
jobcat .000 .000 .000 . .000 .371 .089 .001
salbegin .000 .000 .000 .000 . .422 .178 .000
jobtime .020 .028 .127 .371 .422 . .460 .167
prevexp .016 .000 .000 .089 .178 .460 . .000
minority .000 .040 .002 .001 .000 .167 .000 .
N salary 468 468 468 468 468 468 468 468
gender(f=1, 468 468 468 468 468 468 468 468

m=2)
educ 468 468 468 468 468 468 468 468
jobcat 468 468 468 468 468 468 468 468
salbegin 468 468 468 468 468 468 468 468
jobtime 468 468 468 468 468 468 468 468
prevexp 468 468 468 468 468 468 468 468
minority 468 468 468 468 468 468 468 468
The correlation analysis shows mostly positive correlation apart from correlation with minority

and previous experience, which show negative relationship with salary.

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Coefficient Correlationsa
Model minority jobtime gender(f=1, m=2) prevexp jobcat
1 Correlations minority 1.000 -.031 -.148 -.123 .057
jobtime -.031 1.000 -.085 -.009 -.025
gender(f=1, m=2) -.148 -.085 1.000 -.190 -.038
prevexp -.123 -.009 -.190 1.000 -.075
jobcat .057 -.025 -.038 -.075 1.000
educ .014 -.065 -.164 .388 -.085
salbegin .094 .078 -.201 -.131 -.594
Covariances minority 631500.385 -790.448 -87664.436 -326.633 28194.029
jobtime -790.448 1016.969 -2012.677 -1.003 -491.566
gender(f=1, m=2) -87664.436 -2012.677 554535.992 -474.088 -17575.422
prevexp -326.633 -1.003 -474.088 11.246 -156.531
jobcat 28194.029 -491.566 -17575.422 -156.531 389877.717
educ 1716.647 -323.806 -19050.435 202.750 -8230.542
salbegin 5.295 .175 -10.566 -.031 -26.180
a. Dependent Variable: salary
From the coefficients of the regression analysis, all variables affect the salary positively apart

from previous experience gender, and job time.

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From the frequency distribution, the salary is normally distributed with most people earning

salary close to the average salary. This distribution is also confirmed by the scatter plot below.