University of phoenix mth 217

MTH/217 Univ. Of Phoenix Final Project

You told a friend about the work you have been doing to better understand desirability of professional development in your organization. Your friend thinks the idea would be very helpful in her organization. After you showed her the presentation (linked below), she decided to conduct a similar investigation at her organization. To save time, she decided to distribute the same desirability survey that was used at your organization.

You friend collected responses and has her data but isn’t sure what to do with it. She has reached out to you to help her complete an analysis of the desirability survey from her organization so that she can present it to her supervisor.

Review the Wk 5 Professional Development Analysis Presentation.

Use the desirability survey data attachment from her organization to create a presentation she can share with her supervisor.

Create an 8- to 10-slide presentation, with speaker notes, using the Professional Development Analysis Presentation as an example. Include the following:

The purpose of the investigation
The data source
Information about the survey instrument
Descriptive statistics (number of participants in each group, mean, median, mode, standard deviation)
The plan for analysis
The null and alternative hypotheses
The type of t-test
The alpha determined appropriate for the test
The results of analysis
The t-value, degrees of freedom, p value
Rejection (or failed rejection) of the null hypothesis
A summary of what the results mean
Implications and brief discussion of results
Format the reporting of statistics according to APA guidelines.

Professional Development Opportunities

Full Report

Purpose

The purpose of this investigation was to understand the opportunities for professional development within the organization.

This report will discuss the following:

Employee desire to obtain professional development

Costs of professional development

Employee professional development delivery preference

Data Sources

Three data sources were considered for this presentation:

Employee Survey to Determine Desirability of Professional Development

Cost of Professional Development per Employee for various lengths

Employee Survey to Determine Professional Development delivery preference

Data: Desirability Survey

Either Ordinal (item level) or Interval Data (total)

Survey deployed to 50 participants

Score determined by totaling 10 item scores on survey

For each item, participants could add between 1 and 7 point to their score total (Ranging from Strongly Disagree to Strongly Agree)

Maximum score: 70, Minimum Score: 10

Higher scores suggest professional development is more desired

Desirability Statistical Analysis: Descriptive

Population (N) Mean (95% CI) Median Mode Standard Deviation
Managers (21) 60.52 (4.23) 60 70 9.28
Employees (29) 52.79 (5.90) 57 68 15.52
Analysis

Data was represented visually

Statistical analysis completed for Desirability Survey

Descriptive statistics

Inferential test (t-test)

Desirability Statistical Analysis: Inferential

Question: Is desirability of professional development different between managers and employees?

H0: µM-µE = 0

H1: µM-µE ≠ 0

Non-directional (two tailed), independent samples t-test, ꭤ = 0.05

t = 2.01, df=48, p = 0.048

Reject the null hypothesis.

Employee and Manager Desirability scores are different.

Managers have greater desirability for professional development than Employees.

Visual Representation: Desirability Survey

Summary & Discussion

Employees and Managers express desirability for professional development, though Managers express greater levels of desirability.

The hourly cost per person for professional development decreases as hours increase. However, this decrease is not very much and probably should not impact considerations strongly.

The majority of participants prefer in person, synchronous professional development

When planning professional development, Managers should be prioritized