Case Study: Evaluating the Effectiveness $ofan$ Employee Training Program

Background: ABC Corp. recently implemented a new training program aimed $at$ improving the performance $of$ its employees. The training program focused $on$ enhancing skills related $to$ project management, communication, and technical expertise. $To$ assess the effectiveness $of$ the training program, the company conducted a performance evaluation before and after the training for a sample $of$ employees. The data collected includes performance scores $(outof100)of150$ employees before and after undergoing the training program. Additionally, demographic information such $as$ gender, age, department, and years $of$ experience was recorded.

Individual Assignment Data

Randomly select $100$ responses and perform the following analysis.

Part $1$

$(i)$ Calculate the mean, median, range, variance, and standard deviation for the performance scores before and after the training program. Interpret the results accordingly.

$(5$ marks$)$

$(ii)$ Create suitable charts for Gender, Department, age, and years $of$ experience. Interpret the results accordingly.

$(5$ marks$)$

$(iii)$ The company believes that the average score performance before $of$ the employees $is$ lower than $70$ marks. $Dowe$ have enough evidence $to$ agree $to$ the company$s$ belief $at10\%$ significance level? Interpret your results.

$(4$ marks$)$

$(iv)$ The company believes that male employees perform better than female employees after attending the training. Test $at2\%$ significance level and interpret the results.

$(4$ marks$)$

$(v)Is$ there any relationship between gender and the department $of$ employees working for? Test $at5\%$ significance level and interpret the results.

$(4$ marks$)$

$(vi)Is$ there a statistically significant improvement $in$ performance scores after the training program? Perform the test $at$ the $5\%$ significance level and interpret the results.

$(4$ marks$)$

Part $2$

Recommendations $(4$ Marks$)$

Based $on$ your analysis, provide recommendations $to$ ABC Corp. regarding the effectiveness $of$ the training program. Suggest areas $of$ improvement for future training programs.