How to Use Statistics in your People Analytics Projects
A practical guide to using statistical tests in Excel and R for your people analytics projects
What will I learn in this course?
This short "how to" course provides a practical guide on introducing statistical tests into a people analytics project and provides a step-by-step guide on working through the following steps:
1. Framing the business question for your project
2. Collecting the relevant dataset and preparing it for analysis
3. Answering the business question using statistical tests
4. Understanding statistical significance by using a T-Test in Excel
5. When to use Excel and how to use R for a multiple linear regression model
6. Making recommendations on the outcome of your analysis to your stakeholders
The objective of this course is to provide you with some practical insights on how to think through the critical steps of a people analytics project and to use statistical tests in both Excel and R to answer the hypothetical business question that you are faced with. As part of this course, you are provided with an Excel dataset and a R script that you can use as you follow along with the instructions in the videos. On completing this course, you will have a better understanding of how to get started with using statistics in your people analytics projects, and on how to move from Excel to using R for a multiple linear regression model.
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The skill booster certification, ‘How to Use Statistics in your People Analytics Projects’ empowers you to build the technical skills and knowledge you need to be able to be able to answer business related questions using statistical tests and make relevant and actionable recommendations to your stakeholders based on the outcome of your analysis.
Our unique mix of training courses, videos, interviews, podcasts, case studies and articles help you build hands on skills while providing real life context to what you’ve learnt.
By completing this skill booster course you’ll acquire a deeper understanding of how to use statistics in your People Analytics projects and the skills required to run statistical tests using packages such as R and Excel.
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Course Curriculum
This course is approximately 30 minutes long and includes the following modules that will give you a step-by-step guide on how to start using statistics for your HR analytics projects:
Module 1 - Asking Questions that Analytics can Answer
Module 2 - Using Statistical Tests to Answer Questions
Module 3 - Turning Analytics Results into Actionable Recommendations
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