The following is my evaluation of Table 3.1 Data: The education predictor has very low correlation with citizenship and absence measures. Citizenship is shown to be positive and absence is shown to be negative; however, they are both close to 0. On the contrary, the correlations between education and the performance and promotion potential are slightly higher than citizenship and absence, but they are still undesirably low. Out of these 4 measures, the correlation between education and promotional potential is considered to be the highest because education can definitely predict a future employee’s promotion potential. Promotion potential has a p value of <.01 which makes it statistically significant.
However, the other key aspect of this company is citizenship, and none of the traditional measurements have a significant impact on success in that aspect. In Table 3.2, there is a high level of citizenship that can be successfully correlated between the biodata information and the candidate. The p-score is only 0.01 and the correlation score is one of the highest at 0.22. This means that this measurement can draw out the individuals who score high on this correlation to be successful in understanding and being a part of the successful team environment. The biodata also has the highest correlation for promotion potential, but I hesitate in advising using this exclusively due to the expense and time needed for this
Tanglewood Case 4 1. Tanglewood currently uses previous experience in the fields of education, work experience, and interview score to predict citizenship, absence, and promotion potential. Out of these predictors, education had the best correlation at .14 and a p-value < .01. Education is seen as statistically significant but not practically significant. Work experience was a decent predictor of performance and promotion potential.
2) Explain what is meant by the term ‘meritocracy’. (2 Marks) A social system that gives the greatest power and highest social positions to people with the most ability. Equal opportunity or a system in which rewards are based on achievement/ability or similar. 3) Suggest three criticisms that other sociologists may make of the functionalist view of the education system (6 Marks) One criticism was made by the new right view who are against the idea of Davis and Moore’s theory of the allocation. The new right argue that the state education system fails to prepare young people well enough for work.
The contingency coefficient is: .048. This indicates a weak, positive relationship between the two variables. This means that race has little impact on if a person is having serious trouble with their spouse. The approximate sig. is: .065.
According to the statistics from the traditional method of recruitment, the p-values listed the correlation as very low between the things that were focused on during the interview and recruitment. The interview score with a high p-value and a very low correlation had to be the least relevant predictor to focus on and yet is being used within the traditional method. According to the statistics that were found from the proposed method data education had the best correlation at .14 and a p-value < .01 and although education is seen as statistically significant it is not practically significant. The best predictors were seen to be biodata questionnaire & essay, with a correlation of .22 and a p-value of <.01 for citizenship and a correlation of -.17 and a p-value of <.01, and the personality exam which measures extraversion and conscientiousness focusing on the conscientiousness with a correlation of .18 and p-value of <.01 for citizenship and a correlation of -.33 and a p-value of <.01 for absence. The only issue with the biodata is that it is very expensive at $10 an applicant and due to it being score by a computer lacks the personal quality that Tanglewood is all about.
NCLB set forth a certain criteria to be met, but allowed the states to determine how they would accomplish it. Therefore, each state handles assessment and accountability differently. This makes it hard to show success or failure of the programs. Supporters and critics alike can cite research that supports their opinion. My opinion of NCLB is it is flawed, developmentally inappropriate, ill funded, ←and→ leaving more students, teachers, ←and→ schools behind than ever before because The tests have turned into the objective of classroom instruction rather than the measure of teaching ←and→ learning.
Response to Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants After reading this essay, I agree with Mr. Prensky that America’s youth is constantly leaning towards the uniformity of digital technology in society today. Each generation is becoming more dependent on technology than the last, consequently forcing them to subconsciously lose their ability to obtain information through books and other tangible resources. As human beings, when one of our five senses are weakened or lost, the remaining gets stronger. Therefore, in the same concept, when one sense is heightened another is weakened. This technological generation lacks what the “obsolete” society calls, sociably acceptable standards: Sociable standards such as finding information and research through
Jeff Jordan Professor Banks English 1A March 20, 2012 The Ever Evolving Forever Young Society is going to change no matter what anyone tries to say or write. Today’s younger generations are breaking patterns and standards that were set forth by previous generations. This is made apparent in the words of some recently written essays by Joseph Epstein “The Perpetual Adolescent” and Mark Edmundson’s “Dwelling in Possibilities”. These essays argue that America’s younger generations are distracted, disconnected from the world that’s right in front of them. It is inevitable; people grow and as they grow they change.
British biologist J. Z. Young states that there is evidence that the cells of our brains literally develop and grow bigger with use, and atrophy or waste away with disuse (Carr 21). Jordan Grafman, head of the cognitive neuroscience unit at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders also says, “The more you multitask, the less deliberate you become; the less able to think and reason out a problem” (Carr 140). Multitasking affects the way the brain is used and how knowledge is