I am designing a survey to give out at work to find out why the turn over rate has increased so much in the last two years. What type of variables should I inquire about. My hypothesis is: Employees who feel underappreciated at work tend to have a poor work attitude, thus move on to other companies.
Designing a survey?
Job satisfaction. What place the job held in their live (like, was it a career move, a transistion, something to pay the bills). Burn out/stress. If they feel underappreciated/what would make employees feel more appreciated. General work ethic.
Reply:tyrant bosses,low pay,overtime,employee rivalry,bad equipment,induced stress,even personal problems at home,not to mention the meth problem has become epidemic and users cannot function even though they think they can.GL
Reply:Some possible survey variables:
Age and sex: younger people may leave more often than older people
Job title and years of experience at the company and in the industry: more experienced people tend to stay, non-managers might leave more frequently
Company benefits and salary, such as 401(k), medical insurance: companies with poor benefits may promote greater turnover
Industry and industry competition/competitors: certain industries and companies experience greater turnover due to healthier competitors
Satisfaction rating of current job and perception of growth opportunities in the company: few internal promotion opportunities make people leave
These are just a few, there are probably more. "Underappreciation" can be a difficult thing to measure since it's impacted by so many things - what if the benefits package is poor and so they feel "underappreciated"? What if their boss is poor and they feel "underappreciated"? That feeling can be generated by a number of different variables.
Reply:I'm not a psychologyist; thus, I might not fully understand your problem. However. It sounds as if you want to 'probe' whether your hypothesis is correct. It calls for a 'Contingency Table' kind of analysis. You should look further on that subject on any basic statistics book.
Now, you must survey both godd-attitude people, as well as bad attitude. You should survey people who have stayed, as well as people who have left.
You can draw and fill a table like this:
.............Stay..|.Left.|.Total.|
----------------------------------
Good.|............|........|.............
----------------------------------
Bad ..|............|........|..........|
----------------------------------
Total.|............|........|......... |
If your hypothesis is WRONG , good and bad should be distributed EVENLY (proportionally) among left and stayed:
E(Good-Left) = Total Good x Left/Total
E(Bad-Left)=Total Bad x Left / Total
Then you compute for each entry expected minus observed, squared.
The sum of all those distributes as a Chi square with N minus 2 degrees of freedom.
If the computed sum is HIGHER than the correspondant CHi square P-value, the your hypothesis is true with 1-p probability.
Hope it helps
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
An internal survey?
".....An internal survey revealed that some employees at Company Y had called in sick in order to take care of a sick child. The company's CEO instituted free on-site day care in hopes of reducing the number of employees engaging in this practice. However, the number of employees who called in sick to care for a sick child was actually higher in the sixth month of the on-site day-care program than it had been the month before the program was instituted....."
do you understand the meaning of this sentence ?
i see people phoned-in to the office because they are sick while the real cause was their baby were sick.
Then what CEO did ? this is not understandable and why it failed ?
what is on-site day care ?
can anybody explain the meaning in a simpler way in steps ?
An internal survey?
It's... not that hard.. people phoned in sick for their kids because they had sick kids AND... they DIDN'T WANT TO GO TO WORK... and sick kids are a great excuse.. (Their kids are ALWAYS sick... they're KIDS) Once this day care idea came to light, they notice that the CEO was a complete MORON and figured they could take MORE days off, for them AND for their children.
This is a business question.. for a big business... say 50 employees at least.
You find that a lot of your employees are calling in sick for the same reason... the reason is "my kid's sick".
So you become a total moron and forget that when YOUR kids are sick, THEY stay home and YOU go to work. (Unless the kids are VERY young) like any NORMAL human being.
So you say "You CAN'T call in sick anymore because I've instituted this "Daycare AT work", which makes no sense because the kids aren't going to leave home for school so why the f would they leave home to go to your work?
Then your employees notice that you're trying to force them into coming into work more and NOBODY likes being forced to do ANYTHING, so f that, I'm taking more days off... after all the CEO's so stupid he thinks that daycare replaces school when it comes to sickness.
Reply:Firstly it sounds like the management is dumb.
On site day care is baby sitting facilities at the work site.
I don't think neither parents nor onsite care-givers want a sick child there (at work)to spread an infection among their other charges, disrupt play activities, or create other related problems, so it stands to reason that a parent will prefer to stay at home to care for a sick child.
The increase in absenteeism may be just a statistical quirk or it could very well be "backlash" against the management's attempt to reduce absence.
A little bit of age discrimination might be useful to counteract such a dilemna (at the risk of violating equal-opportunity requirements) hiring only older employees who are less likely to have young children might off set this phenomenon, but if they are too old then they will have health problems of their own, inspite of the wizzened hands they might lend to the operation as well.
Hiring on the basis of health-related job absence might be illegal under fair employment practices rules.
Age discrimination is... but "Experience Qualifications"... might get you around this if you are willing to pay higher wages in compensation for the added years of experience you thus bring to bear in your work force.
Reply:the people were lying like syphlitic ridden crack whores about their kids being sick..
Teeth %26 Gums help
do you understand the meaning of this sentence ?
i see people phoned-in to the office because they are sick while the real cause was their baby were sick.
Then what CEO did ? this is not understandable and why it failed ?
what is on-site day care ?
can anybody explain the meaning in a simpler way in steps ?
An internal survey?
It's... not that hard.. people phoned in sick for their kids because they had sick kids AND... they DIDN'T WANT TO GO TO WORK... and sick kids are a great excuse.. (Their kids are ALWAYS sick... they're KIDS) Once this day care idea came to light, they notice that the CEO was a complete MORON and figured they could take MORE days off, for them AND for their children.
This is a business question.. for a big business... say 50 employees at least.
You find that a lot of your employees are calling in sick for the same reason... the reason is "my kid's sick".
So you become a total moron and forget that when YOUR kids are sick, THEY stay home and YOU go to work. (Unless the kids are VERY young) like any NORMAL human being.
So you say "You CAN'T call in sick anymore because I've instituted this "Daycare AT work", which makes no sense because the kids aren't going to leave home for school so why the f would they leave home to go to your work?
Then your employees notice that you're trying to force them into coming into work more and NOBODY likes being forced to do ANYTHING, so f that, I'm taking more days off... after all the CEO's so stupid he thinks that daycare replaces school when it comes to sickness.
Reply:Firstly it sounds like the management is dumb.
On site day care is baby sitting facilities at the work site.
I don't think neither parents nor onsite care-givers want a sick child there (at work)to spread an infection among their other charges, disrupt play activities, or create other related problems, so it stands to reason that a parent will prefer to stay at home to care for a sick child.
The increase in absenteeism may be just a statistical quirk or it could very well be "backlash" against the management's attempt to reduce absence.
A little bit of age discrimination might be useful to counteract such a dilemna (at the risk of violating equal-opportunity requirements) hiring only older employees who are less likely to have young children might off set this phenomenon, but if they are too old then they will have health problems of their own, inspite of the wizzened hands they might lend to the operation as well.
Hiring on the basis of health-related job absence might be illegal under fair employment practices rules.
Age discrimination is... but "Experience Qualifications"... might get you around this if you are willing to pay higher wages in compensation for the added years of experience you thus bring to bear in your work force.
Reply:the people were lying like syphlitic ridden crack whores about their kids being sick..
Teeth %26 Gums help
What is the feeling to be reprimanded in a job? what are the reasons why you have been reprimanded?
i'm conducting a survey about employee's experiences who had been reprimanded. kindly specify your name, age, work/job and the full or detailed story of your not so good job experiences. pls answer me. thank you!
What is the feeling to be reprimanded in a job? what are the reasons why you have been reprimanded?
I haven't been reprimanded for a long time. When I was just starting working (still in high school, freshman), I remember some of the managers were kind of harsh. One pushed me and another girl because he didn't think we were moving quickly enough. The other girl's parents came in and yelled at him. They made her quit too. I think if you are going to reprimand an employee then that person should be treated with dignity and respect, not like a child who has done something wrong. Always take the position of the benefit of the doubt. Ask questions. Don't make assumptions. Be direct and honest. If I'm doing something wrong or should be done differently then I want someone to tell me openly and honestly. If you treat me like a child then I will start looking for another job. I won't tolerate that. I don't need to be micromanaged. I'm quite capable of doing my job well if I know what is expected and what needs to be done. I'm flexible as well. I think this goes for a lot of employees. If there is a problem, usually there is a problem with management.
Reply:I got completely hauled over the coals recently because I lost an account. I work at an email marketing company, and one particular client was basically unhappy with the way I handled things. Looking at it with an unbiassed eye, we basically hadn't communicated... I hadn't actually done anything wrong as such but she'd felt like I was neglecting her.
So she told my boss she was going elsewhere and he pulled me in for a 'chat'. I felt like dying while I was in there - it's always pretty hard to face up to your failings. He wasn't unfair in his comments, but he wasn't exactly sparing with them either. Ultimately, I have to respect his position. It didn't feel good then, and it still doesn't feel good a week or two later (even though he hasn't raised it again.)
I'm not telling you anything more personal than that (like my name) sorry!
What is the feeling to be reprimanded in a job? what are the reasons why you have been reprimanded?
I haven't been reprimanded for a long time. When I was just starting working (still in high school, freshman), I remember some of the managers were kind of harsh. One pushed me and another girl because he didn't think we were moving quickly enough. The other girl's parents came in and yelled at him. They made her quit too. I think if you are going to reprimand an employee then that person should be treated with dignity and respect, not like a child who has done something wrong. Always take the position of the benefit of the doubt. Ask questions. Don't make assumptions. Be direct and honest. If I'm doing something wrong or should be done differently then I want someone to tell me openly and honestly. If you treat me like a child then I will start looking for another job. I won't tolerate that. I don't need to be micromanaged. I'm quite capable of doing my job well if I know what is expected and what needs to be done. I'm flexible as well. I think this goes for a lot of employees. If there is a problem, usually there is a problem with management.
Reply:I got completely hauled over the coals recently because I lost an account. I work at an email marketing company, and one particular client was basically unhappy with the way I handled things. Looking at it with an unbiassed eye, we basically hadn't communicated... I hadn't actually done anything wrong as such but she'd felt like I was neglecting her.
So she told my boss she was going elsewhere and he pulled me in for a 'chat'. I felt like dying while I was in there - it's always pretty hard to face up to your failings. He wasn't unfair in his comments, but he wasn't exactly sparing with them either. Ultimately, I have to respect his position. It didn't feel good then, and it still doesn't feel good a week or two later (even though he hasn't raised it again.)
I'm not telling you anything more personal than that (like my name) sorry!
Anyone currently working or has worked form home?
im in need of some good andvice and referral.
i want to work from home, and earn a set weekly/monthly income.
im aware that the websites offering thousands to millions in a day are normally scams, so i want to know if there's any one out there who is currently working or has worked from home in the uk.
and i would be greatful for information on which websites/companys you use, the nature of the work, and how much it pays.
i want more to do than survey filling or reviewing.
If you know a company or someone who is recruiting employees; i have experience in sales and marketting in a reputable recording company, done various IT courses, experience in administration, and am a university graduate with a masters in phillosophy. and am willing to learn any skills needed to earn money from home.
If you are earning money by any means from home, i would be very greattful, if you could share your knowledge and source with me aswell.
thank you in advance
Anyone currently working or has worked form home?
Hi, although i am from malaysia, but several programs that i took part in based outside asia. and 2 programs i have been paid twice. mail me if you are interested. my mail. azmi_hc32640@yahoo.com.my
Reply:I have been working from home for several years. You just have to figure out what you can do better than anyone else, and then offer it to people. My business is totally online, but some people do accounting or other things where they get business by networking and advertising.
.
Reply:Hi,
There are a few genuine online jobs. But you should be aware of scamsters on internet. Don't pay anything upfront to get an offer. Check out http://homebiz.businessinfoguide.info for some useful info and tips on finding a suitable online job for you. Good luck.
Reply:You are more than welcome to take a look at http://www.teameplay.com It is an established Uk company with an excellent track record. It combines 3 of the global trends Social Networking, Skill gaming %26amp; Network marketing togeather. It is a lot more than surveys. Although the work is mainly at home a good deal of the work can be done in your local area.
Reply:Many people these days are making money online with paid surveys. I have found that these paid surveys are especially suitable for students. Since many students are living with a tight%26lt;!--budget the several hundred dollars that can be made monthly is a big help and the flexibility of taking paid surveys online is a big plus for students as well. To join these companies, you dont need a credit card and the best part is that you dont need to pay anything. Its FREE. Survey Adventure is the best survey site and you can earn a massive income. Registration is FREE.
http://surveyadventure.awardspace.com/
http://freepaidsurveys.awardspace.com/
These are three of the top reasons that paid surveys are so well suited to students. Students spend a good--%26gt;part of their time online already. Paid survey sites place a premium on users between the ages of 13-25 3. Most students can benefit from the extra money earned with paid surveys
i want to work from home, and earn a set weekly/monthly income.
im aware that the websites offering thousands to millions in a day are normally scams, so i want to know if there's any one out there who is currently working or has worked from home in the uk.
and i would be greatful for information on which websites/companys you use, the nature of the work, and how much it pays.
i want more to do than survey filling or reviewing.
If you know a company or someone who is recruiting employees; i have experience in sales and marketting in a reputable recording company, done various IT courses, experience in administration, and am a university graduate with a masters in phillosophy. and am willing to learn any skills needed to earn money from home.
If you are earning money by any means from home, i would be very greattful, if you could share your knowledge and source with me aswell.
thank you in advance
Anyone currently working or has worked form home?
Hi, although i am from malaysia, but several programs that i took part in based outside asia. and 2 programs i have been paid twice. mail me if you are interested. my mail. azmi_hc32640@yahoo.com.my
Reply:I have been working from home for several years. You just have to figure out what you can do better than anyone else, and then offer it to people. My business is totally online, but some people do accounting or other things where they get business by networking and advertising.
.
Reply:Hi,
There are a few genuine online jobs. But you should be aware of scamsters on internet. Don't pay anything upfront to get an offer. Check out http://homebiz.businessinfoguide.info for some useful info and tips on finding a suitable online job for you. Good luck.
Reply:You are more than welcome to take a look at http://www.teameplay.com It is an established Uk company with an excellent track record. It combines 3 of the global trends Social Networking, Skill gaming %26amp; Network marketing togeather. It is a lot more than surveys. Although the work is mainly at home a good deal of the work can be done in your local area.
Reply:Many people these days are making money online with paid surveys. I have found that these paid surveys are especially suitable for students. Since many students are living with a tight%26lt;!--budget the several hundred dollars that can be made monthly is a big help and the flexibility of taking paid surveys online is a big plus for students as well. To join these companies, you dont need a credit card and the best part is that you dont need to pay anything. Its FREE. Survey Adventure is the best survey site and you can earn a massive income. Registration is FREE.
http://surveyadventure.awardspace.com/
http://freepaidsurveys.awardspace.com/
These are three of the top reasons that paid surveys are so well suited to students. Students spend a good--%26gt;part of their time online already. Paid survey sites place a premium on users between the ages of 13-25 3. Most students can benefit from the extra money earned with paid surveys
Please Take Survey?
If a company provides 1 1/4 vacation days to its employees every month, how many vacation days does an employee get every year?
Please Take Survey?
15
Reply:15-16
Reply:15 days :)
Reply:1.25 x 12 = 15
Reply:15
Reply:What is a vacation???
Reply:15
Please Take Survey?
15
Reply:15-16
Reply:15 days :)
Reply:1.25 x 12 = 15
Reply:15
Reply:What is a vacation???
Reply:15
Survey: What can one do...?
about a supervisor that keeps calling th employee every several days to ask when they plan on returning - like that will expedite the recovery?
Survey: What can one do...?
Don't answer the phone.
If you have been given a recovery period, stick to it, tell your supervisor what day you should be able to return and say "It's not going to be any sooner than that."
Reply:get a dr's note and cover your butt
Reply:i would report him to the person above him sounds like hes harrassing you
Reply:Give the person a straight answer, %26amp; maybe they will get off your back..
Reply:go to human resources or the union and stop that from happening
Reply:tell him to screw off.
Reply:Either give a definite answer, or stop answering the phone.
Reply:They are trying to set up work. That's not harassment-they need to know. I was in that situation as a Tech Service Engineer laid up unexpectedly. Left my boss in the lurch..
Reply:that's a hard one i was going to say call hes supervisor and let them know, but most likely they are the ones asking him to call ....give him the doctors prognosis that might help
Reply:Send him a doctors note.
Reply:flick a booger at them
Reply:id tell him
ill come to work when i want to
ahaha ill prolly get fired :D
Reply:yell back "I don't know already! sheesh!"
rooster teeth
Survey: What can one do...?
Don't answer the phone.
If you have been given a recovery period, stick to it, tell your supervisor what day you should be able to return and say "It's not going to be any sooner than that."
Reply:get a dr's note and cover your butt
Reply:i would report him to the person above him sounds like hes harrassing you
Reply:Give the person a straight answer, %26amp; maybe they will get off your back..
Reply:go to human resources or the union and stop that from happening
Reply:tell him to screw off.
Reply:Either give a definite answer, or stop answering the phone.
Reply:They are trying to set up work. That's not harassment-they need to know. I was in that situation as a Tech Service Engineer laid up unexpectedly. Left my boss in the lurch..
Reply:that's a hard one i was going to say call hes supervisor and let them know, but most likely they are the ones asking him to call ....give him the doctors prognosis that might help
Reply:Send him a doctors note.
Reply:flick a booger at them
Reply:id tell him
ill come to work when i want to
ahaha ill prolly get fired :D
Reply:yell back "I don't know already! sheesh!"
rooster teeth
Probability questions?
there are 1300 people surveyed on job satisfaction: 750 men %26amp; 550 women
Suppose that one of the 1300 employees surveyed is chosen at random:
1. What is the probability that he or she feels that a good relationship with the boss is extremely important?
2. What is the probability that the employee is a female who feels that a good relationship with the boss is extremely important?
3. Given that the chosen employee considers that having a good relationship with the boss is extremely important, what is the probability that this employee is a female?
Here is the data needed:
Good Relationship with Boss: Men:61% Women: 77%
thank you very much
Probability questions?
M = Male
F = Female
G = Good relationship with boss.
P(M) = 750/1300 (probability that the chosen person is male)
P(F) = 550/1300 (probability that the chosen person is female)
P(G/M)=0.61
P(G/F)=0.77
1) P(G) = P(M) P(G/M)+ P(F) P(G/F)
P(G) = (750/1300) (0.61) + (550/1300)(0.77)
0.3519+0.3258=0.6777
2)P(F)P(G/F)= (550/1300)(0.77)=0.3258
3)P(F/G) = P(F)P(G/F) / [P(F)P(G/F)+P(M)P(G/M)]
= (550/1300)(0.77) / 0.6777
You can simplify this.
Reply:1. You must add the number of satisfied men and women and divide by the total number of applicants, and then multiply by 100%.
61% MALE of 750 = 457.5
77% FEMALE of 550 = 423.5
457.5 + 423.5 = 881
(881/ 1300) x 100% =
ANSWER 67.6%
2. There are 423.5 females who feel a good relationship with the boss is important. You take this number and divide by the total number of applicants, and then multiply by 100% to get your answer.
(423.5 / 1300) x 100% = 32.57%
3. You must divide the number of females who think a relationship with the boss is important (423.5) by the total number of people who feel that way (881), and then multiply by 100%.
(423.5 / 881) x 100% = 48.07%
Suppose that one of the 1300 employees surveyed is chosen at random:
1. What is the probability that he or she feels that a good relationship with the boss is extremely important?
2. What is the probability that the employee is a female who feels that a good relationship with the boss is extremely important?
3. Given that the chosen employee considers that having a good relationship with the boss is extremely important, what is the probability that this employee is a female?
Here is the data needed:
Good Relationship with Boss: Men:61% Women: 77%
thank you very much
Probability questions?
M = Male
F = Female
G = Good relationship with boss.
P(M) = 750/1300 (probability that the chosen person is male)
P(F) = 550/1300 (probability that the chosen person is female)
P(G/M)=0.61
P(G/F)=0.77
1) P(G) = P(M) P(G/M)+ P(F) P(G/F)
P(G) = (750/1300) (0.61) + (550/1300)(0.77)
0.3519+0.3258=0.6777
2)P(F)P(G/F)= (550/1300)(0.77)=0.3258
3)P(F/G) = P(F)P(G/F) / [P(F)P(G/F)+P(M)P(G/M)]
= (550/1300)(0.77) / 0.6777
You can simplify this.
Reply:1. You must add the number of satisfied men and women and divide by the total number of applicants, and then multiply by 100%.
61% MALE of 750 = 457.5
77% FEMALE of 550 = 423.5
457.5 + 423.5 = 881
(881/ 1300) x 100% =
ANSWER 67.6%
2. There are 423.5 females who feel a good relationship with the boss is important. You take this number and divide by the total number of applicants, and then multiply by 100% to get your answer.
(423.5 / 1300) x 100% = 32.57%
3. You must divide the number of females who think a relationship with the boss is important (423.5) by the total number of people who feel that way (881), and then multiply by 100%.
(423.5 / 881) x 100% = 48.07%
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