Analyze the effect of disparate treatment and adverse impact on the recruitment process.

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Psych employee paper 2

The staffing process involves generating a pool of qualified candidates for a particular job (recruitment) and deciding which of the applicants to hire (selection). The staffing process can occur with external as well as internal candidates. With internal candidates, the terms “promoting from within,” “career ladders,” and “succession planning” are frequently used.
Whether selecting from internal or external candidates, industrial organization (I/O) professionals must be aware of unintended, potentially illegal effects on groups of individuals who are not recruited or selected.
Using the Argosy University online library resources, research the topics of employee recruitment, disparate treatment, and adverse impact. Choose a recent (within the past five years) scholarly, peer-reviewed article related to these topics.
In your response:

  • Describe the article.
    • What was the main purpose?
    • What were the key ideas and information included?
    • What conclusions and areas for further research were suggested?
  • Analyze the effect of disparate treatment and adverse impact on the recruitment process.
  • Justify three best-practice guidelines to help ensure that disparate treatment and adverse impact are avoided in recruitment activities.

Must be at least 4 pages

Does background music significantly impact the productivity of patient registration employees?

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Psych Statistics Paper 5

Does background music significantly impact the productivity of patient registration employees?
A group of patient access registrants works in an open office environment in a hospital. A human resources (HR) manager wants to compare the productivity of this group under three conditions: with a constant background sound of music, with an unpredictable background sound of music, and with no background sound of music.
There are twenty-four registrants, and they are randomly divided into three groups. All registrants study a set of written patient registration material for 30 minutes. During this time, those in Group 1 are subject to background music at a constant volume, those in Group 2 are subject to background music with varying volumes, and those in Group 3 are not subject to any sound at all. After studying, all employees take a 10-point multiple-choice test over the material. Their scores are as follows:
You are to analyze the collected questionnaire data using Microsoft Excel and draw conclusions to report back to the human resources (HR) manager in the form of a research report.
Following is a step-by-step assignment breakdown:

  1. Develop a problem statement that incorporates the scholarly literature to support your rationale.
  2. Develop a research question based on the problem statement.
  3. Formulate a null and an alternative hypothesis set based on the research question.
  4. Identify the independent and dependent variables and describe how they are being operationally defined in your research project. Identify the type of data being used.
  5. Describe your sample using descriptive statistics.
  6. Select and describe an acceptable α level for deciding whether to accept or reject the null hypothesis.
  7. Select the most appropriate statistical test to test your hypothesis and explain why it is the most appropriate tool.
  8. Using Microsoft Excel, conduct your statistical analysis.
  9. Discuss possible limitations of the study.
  10. Recommend future research directions.
  11. Write a conclusion. In your conclusion, make sure you address the importance of adhering to ethical standards in developing research studies, interpreting the results, and considering who should have access to the data and knowledge gained from the research.

Your final product should include the Microsoft Excel computations and a 4- to 6-page Microsoft Word document. Utilize a minimum of four scholarly sources. Make sure you employ proper grammar and spelling and apply current APA standards for writing style to your work.
Use the following headings to organize your paper: Feel welcome to add sub headers as you need or desire.

  • Problem statement
  • Research question
  • Hypotheses
  • Methodology
  • Results
  • Discussion and recommendations
  • References
  • Appendix (Microsoft Excel printout)

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Identify the R-squared value for this data set, along with the R-value

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Psych Statistics Paper 4

A human resources (HR) manager wants to know if annual performance review scores can be predicted by the number of vacation days taken during the year and the number of dependents an employee claims. She randomly pulls the vacation, W-2, and performance review records of twenty employees. The data is presented below.
Using the above data, run a correlation matrix and then run a regression analysis in Microsoft Excel that will answer the human resources (HR) manager’s question. Examine the results and consider the implications. Write a 3- to 4-page paper based on the results and implications. Make sure to include your data printout and justify your responses. In your paper, address the following questions:

  • Identify the R-squared value for this data set, along with the R-value. Explain what each means.
  • Describe what the F-test and the p value tell us in general and name each for these data sets and analyses.
  • Explain what can be learned from the multiple regression that may not be known from the correlation matrix.
  • Justify whether performance review scores can be predicted by the number of days of vacation taken, dependents claimed, or vacation days taken in combination with the number of dependents. Support your position.
  • Describe any potential ethical or legal concerns related to this research. Provide a rationale backed by authoritative references to support your position.

Your final product should include your Microsoft Excel computations and a 3- to 4-page Microsoft Word document. Utilize a minimum of three scholarly sources.
Use the following headings and subheadings to organize your paper:

  • Defining and explaining concepts
    • Prediction
    • R-squared and R-value
    • F-test
    • p value
    • Correlation coefficient versus regression weight (beta value)
  • Results
  • Discussion and implications of results
  • References
  • Appendix (Microsoft Excel printout)

Explain the concepts of central tendency, variance, standard deviation, correlation, and the difference between the means of two groups.

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Psych Statistics Paper 3

Working with Data in Microsoft Excel
Once again, reading about t-test statistics and descriptive statistics is one thing. Actually using software to compute them requires different skill sets. This assignment is designed to give you the opportunity to practice using Microsoft Excel to compute a t-test and to reinforce your learning of computing descriptive statistics from a previous module. A data set has been presented below for you to use to conduct your analyses. The data set represents the scores from five students who were tested on the same material using three different forms of the test.

  • Enter the above data into Microsoft Excel.
  • Using Microsoft Excel, compute the mean for each test, each student, and the sample overall.
  • Using Microsoft Excel, compute the standard deviation for each test, each student, and the sample overall.
  • Using Microsoft Excel, create a correlation table for Test 1, Test 2, and Test 3. Interpret the results.
  • Conduct a t-test to see if there is a significant difference in scores between Test 1 and Test 2. Interpret the results.
  • Include a printout of your Microsoft Excel computations with your paper submission.
  • Explain the concepts of central tendency, variance, standard deviation, correlation, and the difference between the means of two groups.
  • Include a description of the computations you conducted on the data provided for this assignment and your interpretation of the results of your computations. What do you know about this data set? What is something that you do not yet know about this data?

Your final product should include the Microsoft Excel computations and a 3- to 5-page Microsoft Word document, utilizing a minimum of three scholarly sources. Make sure you employ proper grammar and spelling and apply current APA standards for writing style to your work.
Use the following headings and subheadings to organize your paper:

  • Defining and explaining concepts
    • Central tendency
    • Variance
    • Standard deviation
    • Correlation
    • Difference between two group means
  • Computation results
    • Mean
      • Tests
      • Students
      • Overall sample
    • Standard deviation
      • Tests
      • Students
      • Overall sample
    • Correlation for the three tests
    • t-test between Test 1 and Test 2
  • Discussion of results
  • References
  • Appendix (Microsoft Excel printout)