The Artsy Corporation
Table of Contents
Introduction___________________________________________________________3
PART 1: Descriptive Statistics__________________ __________________________5
Defining Important Terms_______________ ___________________________5
Data Analysis of Pay Rate________ _____________________________________6
Data Analysis of Pay Rate vs. Gender¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬_______________________________________7
Data Analysis of Grade________________ ________________________________9
Data Analysis of Time within Grade_______________________________________11
PART 2: Regression Analysis____________________________________________ 12
Conclusion___________________________________________________________25
Glossary_____________________________________________________________26
Introduction
In the Arts Corporation Case, we are presented with a lawsuit put together by all female employees that work at Artsy Corporation. With this lawsuit the female part of the company tries to make a point that they have been discriminated in the workplace due to their gender. They make a statement that gender would affect certain factors such as: pay, hiring, promotions and other elements which are involved with the career of Artsy’s employees.
This paper will put together statistical information and analysis based on the data we retrieve in order to give Artsy’s lawyers a perspective of what the company truly looks like in order for them to be able to put together a defense. The data put together for us to analyze is based on the payroll of Artsy’s 256 employees at one of their facilities. This specific data was selected by usage of simple random sampling (the sample represents the population, i.e. every employee’s pay rate and working conditions). The data includes:
• an identification number (IDNUMBER) that would permit us to identify the person by name or social security number,
• the person's sex (SEX) where a 0 denotes female and
Introduction___________________________________________________________3
PART 1: Descriptive Statistics__________________ __________________________5
Defining Important Terms_______________ ___________________________5
Data Analysis of Pay Rate________ _____________________________________6
Data Analysis of Pay Rate vs. Gender¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬_______________________________________7
Data Analysis of Grade________________ ________________________________9
Data Analysis of Time within Grade_______________________________________11
PART 2: Regression Analysis____________________________________________ 12
Conclusion___________________________________________________________25
Glossary_____________________________________________________________26
Introduction
In the Arts Corporation Case, we are presented with a lawsuit put together by all female employees that work at Artsy Corporation. With this lawsuit the female part of the company tries to make a point that they have been discriminated in the workplace due to their gender. They make a statement that gender would affect certain factors such as: pay, hiring, promotions and other elements which are involved with the career of Artsy’s employees.
This paper will put together statistical information and analysis based on the data we retrieve in order to give Artsy’s lawyers a perspective of what the company truly looks like in order for them to be able to put together a defense. The data put together for us to analyze is based on the payroll of Artsy’s 256 employees at one of their facilities. This specific data was selected by usage of simple random sampling (the sample represents the population, i.e. every employee’s pay rate and working conditions). The data includes:
• an identification number (IDNUMBER) that would permit us to identify the person by name or social security number,
• the person's sex (SEX) where a 0 denotes female and