Description
Primary Response is due by Thursday (11:59:59pm Central), Peer Responses are due by Saturday (11:59:59pm Central).
Primary Task Response: Within the Discussion Board area, write 400-600 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas.
Part 1
The top management personnel of a large company have told you that they would like to be able to determine what the impact of years of service at their company has on workers’ productivity levels, and they would like to be able to predict potential productivity based upon years of service. The company has data on all of its employees and has been using a valid productivity measure that assesses each employee’s productivity.
What is a possible way to answer their question, and how does the analysis work? Reference the section on bivariate linear regression from Using SPSS for Windows and Macintosh.
Part 2
After reviewing the results of the analysis in Part 1, the company found that it is significantly related. However, a statistician reviewed the output and said that the results really do not explain much of what is happening in the total relationship.
What information is the statistician referring to from your output, and why is it important? Reference the section on bivariate linear regression from Using SPSS for Windows and Macintosh.
Responses to Other Students:
Respond to at least 2 of your fellow classmates with at least a 200-word reply about their Primary Task Response regarding items you found to be compelling and enlightening. To help you with your discussion, please consider the following questions:
How would you justify a different perspective from your classmate’s on the topic?
How, additionally, would you defend your classmate’s position?
What critique do you offer your classmate in regard to clarity and thoroughness of their post?
Address all prompts. When offering counterargument or justification, consider practice, theory, and examples from your own experience, reading, or current events in presenting your position.
