Statistics for Managers

Data are gathered regarding the length of tenure top executieves have ar major corporation and wheter those executives have been divorced. The Human Rescources Department is evaluating this data to drive decision-making in regard to their hirinig process. The data for eight executieves is as follows:

  TENURE            DIVORCE

1. 9.0                      No

2. 9.5                      No

3. 11.0                    Yes

4. 11.5                    Yes

5. 10.0                    Yes

6. 9.75                    No

7. 10.0                    No

8. 10.25                  Yes

   In a three to five page paper, and the following questions to analyze the data. Include clearly labeled calculations, if applicable.

1. What's the mose appropriate proceudre for evaluating the relationship between tenure divorce?

2. What is the correlation and how can it be intrepreted in terms of magnitude, direction and practical importance?

3. How much of whether executives have been divorced can be accounted for by their length of tenure with the organization? How much of tenure can be explained by whether there has been a divorce?

4. Make a logical argument for why lengthy tenure may be causing divorce?

Make another logical argument for why divorce may be causing lengthy tenure.