1 - involving/mentioning HR, e.g., administrator of human resources, or 2 - not primarily involving/mentioning HR, e.g., Branch Manager. We then compared percentages of responses of HR people with percentages of responses of non HR people to various questions. Presenting Results of Surveys 1. Simple Frequency Distributions Frequency distributions are the most used results display. A set of frequency distributions for all variables is almost always included. A. Sometimes it’s best to make the tables up in a word processor, such as the following. Example 1. From a survey of HR professionals Section A. Information respondents 4. What is your race? No. Respondents 1. What is your job title? Over 50 different job titles were listed by Race respondents. For the purpose of this report, they American were grouped into two categories - those in Indian/Alaskan Native 1 which HR was specifically mentioned and those African American 7 in which there was no specific mention of HR. White 82 No. Hispanic / Latino 1 Respondents No response 1 Job Category HR Mentioned 65 5. For how many years have you worked in HR Not mentioned? 27 your present organization? No. 2. What is your age? Respondents No. No. Years Respondents 0-4 43 Age group 5-9 22 20-29 10 10-14 7 30-39 20 15-19 3 40-49 30 20-24 7 50-59 26 25-29 6 60-69 5 30-34 1 No response` 1 No response 3 3. What is your gender? 6. For how many years have you worked in No. HR? Respondents No. Gender Respondents No. Years Male 40 Female 52 0-4 21 5-9 25
1 - involving/mentioning HR, e.g., administrator of human resources, or 2 - not primarily involving/mentioning HR, e.g., Branch Manager. We then compared percentages of responses of HR people with percentages of responses of non HR people to various questions. Presenting Results of Surveys 1. Simple Frequency Distributions Frequency distributions are the most used results display. A set of frequency distributions for all variables is almost always included. A. Sometimes it’s best to make the tables up in a word processor, such as the following. Example 1. From a survey of HR professionals Section A. Information respondents 1. What is your job title? Over 50 different job titles were listed by respondents. For the purpose of this report, they were grouped into two categories - those in which HR was specifically mentioned and those in which there was no specific mention of HR. Job Category No. Respondents HR Mentioned 65 HR Not mentioned? 27 2. What is your age? Age group No. Respondents 20-29 10 30-39 20 40-49 30 50-59 26 60-69 5 No response` 1 3. What is your gender? Gender No. Respondents Male 40 Female 52 4. What is your race? Race No. Respondents American Indian/Alaskan Native 1 African American 7 White 82 Hispanic / Latino 1 No response 1 5. For how many years have you worked in your present organization? No. Years No. Respondents 0-4 43 5-9 22 10-14 7 15-19 3 20-24 7 25-29 6 30-34 1 No response 3 6. For how many years have you worked in HR? No. Years No. Respondents 0-4 21 5-9 25
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