1st Edition

Handbook of Regression Modeling in People Analytics With Examples in R and Python

By Keith McNulty Copyright 2022
272 Pages 48 Color Illustrations
by Chapman & Hall

272 Pages 48 Color Illustrations
by Chapman & Hall

272 Pages 48 Color Illustrations
by Chapman & Hall

Despite the recent rapid growth in machine learning and predictive analytics, many of the statistical questions that are faced by researchers and practitioners still involve explaining why something is happening. Regression analysis is the best ‘swiss army knife’ we have for answering these kinds of questions. This book is a learning resource on inferential statistics and regression analysis.... Read more
1. The Importance of Regression in People Analytics. 2. The Basics of the R Programming Language. 3. Statistics Foundations. 4. Linear Regression for Continuous Outcomes. 5. Binomial Logistic Regression for Binary Outcomes. 6. Multinomial Logistic Regression for Nominal Category Outcomes. 7. Ordinal Logistic Regression for Ordered Category Outcomes. 8. Modeling Explicit and Latent Hierarchical Structure in Data. 9. Survival Analysis for Modeling the Occurrence of Singular Events Over Time. 10. Alternative Technical Approaches in R and Python. 11. Power Analysis to Estimate Required Sample Sizes for Inferential Modeling. 12. Further Exercises for Practice.

Biography

Keith McNulty, PhD is a leading practitioner of applied statistics, psychometrics and people analytics. He is currently Global Director of Talent Science and Analytics at McKinsey and Company.