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HR / People Analytics · how-to

Diversity Index → EBIT regression — in Google Sheets

A composite-index-driver analysis. Every step below is the same analysis rendered for Google Sheets — grounded in the source, honest where Google Sheets can't do a step cleanly.

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SCORE-INDEX

convert raw group counts into a single trackable diversity metric

=AVERAGE(items)

SCORE-INDEX · mechanical

same index treatment for gender composition

=AVERAGE(items)

REGRESS

estimate how each diversity index moves EBIT

=LINEST(Y, X_block, TRUE, TRUE)

VALIDITY · mechanical

keep only a statistically reliable model

=CORREL(measure, criterion)

PREDICT

translate diversity indices into a bottom-line forecast

= const + b1*x1 + …   (fill down)

Grounded in

Predictive HR Analytics with Excel — §18.1/18.2 Simpson's Diversity Index & EBIT regression

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