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HR / People Analytics · how-to
Engagement Drivers — what moves sales/income — in SQL
A key-driver analysis. Every step below is the same analysis rendered for SQL — grounded in the source, honest where SQL can't do a step cleanly.
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CORRELATE
see which outcomes engagement tracks with before claiming impact
corr(AvgEngagementScore, CustomerSatisfaction,RevenuePerStaff,OperatingIncomePerStaff)REGRESS
estimate how much engagement moves sales holding advertising constant
SQL can’t do this cleanly
REGRESS has no clean sql form —
VALIDITY · mechanical
confirm the driver model is statistically sound
corr(measure, criterion)RANK · mechanical
order drivers so the strongest lever is obvious
ORDER BY ABS(coefficient magnitude) DESCPREDICT
quantify the payoff of raising engagement (the Best Buy $100k logic)
SQL can’t do this cleanly
PREDICT has no clean sql form —
Honest note: SQL can’t do 2 of these steps cleanly — the switcher shows which tools can.
Grounded in
Predictive HR Analytics with Excel, Sec 15.4-15.5 Analyze Engagement (correlation + multiple regression)
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