Reference no: EM131153800

Part -1:

Students: Copy the Student Data file data values into this sheet to assist in doing your weekly assignments.

The ongoing question that the weekly assignments will focus on is: Are males and females paid the same for equal work (under the Equal Pay Act)?

Note: to simplfy the analysis, we will assume that jobs within each grade comprise equal work.

The column labels in the table mean:
ID - Employee sample number Salary - Salary in thousands
Age - Age in years Performance Rating - Appraisal rating (employee evaluation score)
Service - Years of service (rounded) Gender - 0 = male, 1 = female
Midpoint - salary grade midpoint Raise - percent of last raise
Grade - job/pay grade Degree (0= BS\BA 1 = MS)
Gender1 (Male or Female) Compa - salary divided by midpoint

Week 1. Measurement and Description - chapters 1 and 2
The goal this week is to gain an understanding of our data set - what kind of data we are looking at, some descriptive measurse, and a
look at how the data is distributed (shape).
1 Measurement issues. Data, even numerically coded variables, can be one of 4 levels -
nominal, ordinal, interval, or ratio. It is important to identify which level a variable is, as
this impact the kind of analysis we can do with the data. For example, descriptive statistics
such as means can only be done on interval or ratio level data.
Please list under each label, the variables in our data set that belong in each group.

b. For each variable that you did not call ratio, why did you make that decision?

2 The first step in analyzing data sets is to find some summary descriptive statistics for key variables.
For salary, compa, age, performance rating, and service; find the mean, standard deviation, and range for 3 groups: overall sample, Females, and Males.
You can use either the Data Analysis Descriptive Statistics tool or the Fx =average and =stdev functions.
(the range must be found using the difference between the =max and =min functions with Fx) functions.
Note: Place data to the right, if you use Descriptive statistics, place that to the right as well.
Some of the values are completed for you - please finish the table.

3 What is the probability for a:
a. Randomly selected person being a male in grade E?
b. Randomly selected male being in grade E?
Note part b is the same as given a male, what is probabilty of being in grade E?
c. Why are the results different?

4 A key issue in comparing data sets is to see if they are distributed/shaped the same. We can do this by looking at some measures of where
some selected values are within each data set - that is how many values are above and below a comparable value.
For each group (overall, females, and males) find:
A The value that cuts off the top 1/3 salary value in each group
i The z score for this value within each group?
ii The normal curve probability of exceeding this score:
iii What is the empirical probability of being at or exceeding this salary value?
B The value that cuts off the top 1/3 compa value in each group.
i The z score for this value within each group?
ii The normal curve probability of exceeding this score:
iii What is the empirical probability of being at or exceeding this compa value?
C How do you interpret the relationship between the data sets? What do they mean about our equal pay for equal work question?

5. What conclusions can you make about the issue of male and female pay equality? Are all of the results consistent?
What is the difference between the sal and compa measures of pay?

Conclusions from looking at salary results:

Conclusions from looking at compa results:

Do both salary measures show the same results?

Can we make any conclusions about equal pay for equal work yet?

Part-2:

1 Below are 2 one-sample t-tests comparing male and female average salaries to the overall sample mean.
(Note: a one-sample t-test in Excel can be performed by selecting the 2-sample unequal variance t-test and making the second variable = Ho value - a constant.)
Note: These values are not the same as the data the assignment uses. The purpose is to analyze the results of t-tests rather than directly answer our equal pay question.
Based on these results, how do you interpret the results and what do these results suggest about the population means for male and female average salaries?

2 Based on our sample data set, perform a 2-sample t-test to see if the population male and female average salaries could be equal to each other.
b. Is the one or two sample t-test the proper/correct apporach to comparing salary equality? Why?

3 Based on our sample data set, can the male and female compas in the population be equal to each other? (Another 2-sample t-test.)
4 Since performance is often a factor in pay levels, is the average Performance Rating the same for both genders?

5 If the salary and compa mean tests in questions 2 and 3 provide different results about male and female salary equality,
which would be more appropriate to use in answering the question about salary equity? Why?

What are your conclusions about equal pay at this point?

1 Many companies consider the grade midpoint to be the "market rate" - the salary needed to hire a new employee.
Does the company, on average, pay its existing employees at or above the market rate?
Use the data columns at the right to set up the paired data set for the analysis.

2 Last week, we found that average performance ratings do not differ between males and females in the population.
Now we need to see if they differ among the grades. Is the average performace rating the same for all grades?
(Assume variances are equal across the grades for this ANOVA.)
The rating values sorted by grade have been placed in columns I - N for you.
Null Hypothesis: Ho: means equal for all grades
Alt. Hypothesis: Ha: at least one mean is unequal
Place B17 in Outcome range box.

3 While it appears that average salaries per each grade differ, we need to test this assumption.
Is the average salary the same for each of the grade levels?
Use the input table to the right to list salaries under each grade level.
(Assume equal variance, and use the analysis toolpak function ANOVA.)
Null Hypothesis:
Alt. Hypothesis:
4 The table and analysis below demonstrate a 2-way ANOVA with replication. Please interpret the results.
Note: These values are not the same as the data the assignment uses. The purpose of this question is to analyze the result of a 2-way ANOVA test rather than directly answer our equal pay question.

5. Using the results up thru this week, what are your conclusions about gender equal pay for equal work at this point?

1 Using our sample data, construct a 95% confidence interval for the population's mean salary for each gender.
Interpret the results.
Mean
Males
Females
<Reminder: standard error is the sample standard deviation divided by the square root of the sample size.>

2 Using our sample data, construct a 95% confidence interval for the mean salary difference between the genders in the population.
How does this compare to the findings in week 2, question 2?

3 We found last week that the degree values within the population do not impact compa rates.
This does not mean that degrees are distributed evenly across the grades and genders.
Do males and females have athe same distribution of degrees by grade?
(Note: while technically the sample size might not be large enough to perform this test, ignore this limitation for this exercise.)
Ignore any cell size limitations.
What are the hypothesis statements:

Interpretation:

4 Based on our sample data, can we conclude that males and females are distributed across grades in a similar pattern within the population?

What is the value of the chi square statistic:
What is the p-value associated with this value:
Is the p-value <0.05?
Do you reject or not reject the null hypothesis:
If you rejected the null, what is the Phi correlation:
If calculated, what is the meaning of effect size measure:

What does this decision mean for our equal pay question:

5. How do you interpret these results in light of our question about equal pay for equal work?

Week 5 Correlation and Regression

1. Create a correlation table for the variables in our data set. (Use analysis ToolPak or StatPlus:mac LE function Correlation.)
a. Reviewing the data levels from week 1, what variables can be used in a Pearson's Correlation table (which is what Excel produces)?

b. Place table here (C8):

c. Using r = approximately .28 as the signicant r value (at p = 0.05) for a correlation between 50 values, what variables are
significantly related to Salary?
To compa?

d. Looking at the above correlations - both significant or not - are there any surprises -by that I
mean any relationships you expected to be meaningful and are not and vice-versa?

e. Does this help us answer our equal pay for equal work question?

2 Below is a regression analysis for salary being predicted/explained by the other variables in our sample (Midpoint,
age, performance rating, service, gender, and degree variables. (Note: since salary and compa are different ways of
expressing an employee's salary, we do not want to have both used in the same regression.)
Plase interpret the findings.
Note: These values are not the same as the data the assignment uses. The purpose is to analyze the result of a regression test rather than directly answer our equal pay question.
Ho: The regression equation is not significant.
Ha: The regression equation is significant.
Ho: The regression coefficient for each variable is not significant
Ha: The regression coefficient for each variable is significant

3 Perform a regression analysis using compa as the dependent variable and the same independent
variables as used in question 2. Show the result, and interpret your findings by answering the same questions.
Note: be sure to include the appropriate hypothesis statements.
Regression hypotheses
Ho:
Ha:
Coefficient hyhpotheses (one to stand for all the separate variables)
Ho:
Ha:

Interpretation:
For the Regression as a whole:
What is the value of the F statistic:
What is the p-value associated with this value:
Is the p-value < 0.05?
Do you reject or not reject the null hypothesis:
What does this decision mean for our equal pay question:

For each of the coefficients:
What is the coefficient's p-value for each of the variables:
Is the p-value < 0.05?
Do you reject or not reject each null hypothesis:
What are the coefficients for the significant variables?
Using the intercept coefficient and only the significant variables, what is the equation?
Is gender a significant factor in compa:
Regardless of statistical significance, who gets paid more with all other things being equal?
How do we know?

4 Based on all of your results to date,
Do we have an answer to the question of are males and females paid equally for equal work?
Does the company pay employees equally for for equal work?

Which is the best variable to use in analyzing pay practices - salary or compa? Why?
What is most interesting or surprising about the results we got doing the analysis during the last 5 weeks?

5 Why did the single factor tests and analysis (such as t and single factor ANOVA tests on salary equality) not provide a complete answer to our salary equality question?

What outcomes in your life or work might benefit from a multiple regression examination rather than a simpler one variable test?

Attachment:- assignment_file.xlsx