HR Analytics 3

Question 1

What is 'survival analysis' used for in HR analytics?

Accepted Answer

Modeling how long employees remain before leaving

Answer

Survival analysis estimates the probability that an employee stays employed beyond a certain tenure point, enabling turnover prediction.

Question 2

An organization wants to ensure its analytics dashboard is actionable. Which characteristic is MOST important?

Accepted Answer

Metrics are tied to specific business decisions or outcomes

Answer

Actionable dashboards link each metric to a decision that stakeholders can actually make, avoiding data overload.

Question 3

Which analysis technique would best help HR determine whether a new manager training program caused improved team retention?

Accepted Answer

Pre/post comparison with a control group

Answer

A pre/post design with a control group isolates the training's effect by controlling for other variables that might affect retention.

Question 4

In an HR HRIS system, what is a 'data warehouse' most commonly used for?

Accepted Answer

Storing and querying large volumes of historical HR data for reporting

Answer

A data warehouse consolidates historical data from multiple source systems into a structure optimized for analytical queries and reporting.

Question 5

Which workforce planning metric measures the ratio of people managers to individual contributors?

Accepted Answer

Span of control

Answer

Span of control is the number of direct reports a manager oversees, used to evaluate organizational structure efficiency.

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