Based on the results of a recently completed analytics initiative, the Human Resource department for a major department store implemented a change to its hiring practice to address the attrition rates of its sales associates. The new policy stated that candidates applying for sales positions must possess at least 3 years of relevant sales experience to be considered. After implementing the change, attrition rates are 10% higher and management is frustrated.Which of the following could result in this outcome?
A large car manufacturer is interested in comparing the number of sales for a specific model of electric car across all 50 US states. The data analytics team sourced and acquired the data, and the business analyst created the model to compare sales across states. In a meeting to review the results, the feedback received included several complaints concerning an inability to distinguish the number of sales per state.What model would result in such confusion?
An analyst at a phone manufacturing company is preparing a dashboard for Senior Executives that will cover past year's performance. It will be used in the upcoming senior leadership team meeting to make strategic decisions for the new year. While analyzing the data, the analyst found a lot of interesting revelations related to performance.What should the analyst keep in mind when preparing the Executive dashboard?
A professional association is funded by membership fees. The membership renewal occurs every 5 years. Although, they have a strong subscription rate each year, their renewal rate is low. They are working with an external firm specializing in Business Analytics to identify the groups of customers that have a high likelihood of cancelling their subscription after their first 5-year term ends.This type of study is called:
The architecture team puts forth a solution architecture that integrates multiple data sources from within and outside the organization. The architecture provides the foundation to source a new analytics program.If one of the objectives of the analytics team was to provide ‘one source of the truth’, this objective would be referring to which of the following?
With the recent departure of two of its employees, an IT helpdesk team is now understaffed and finding it difficult to keep up with the current workload. The number of tickets being received has increased as well as the number of days to resolve the tickets. The IT manager has set up a meeting with the IT director to request funding for two new helpdesk agents. To prepare for the meeting, the manager is interested in showing the tickets processed against ticket volume over the past year.What type of chart should the manager use to effectively show the change in processing rate over time?
