DSC 410/510 - Multivariate Statistical Methods

Assignment 4 (deadline: 4pm on Wednesday, October 13)

Practical matters

Career services example:

• Consider the following features/levels for Career Services:

  Co. Size (up to 50, 51 to 250, 251 to 1500, over 1500)

  The number of employees in the firm that Career Services would stress or devote their efforts toward.

  Industry (hi-tech, start-up, finance)

  The type of industry or firm that Career Services would stress or devote their efforts toward.

  Location (Oregon/Washington, California, other U.S.)

  The location of firms that Career Services would stress or devote their efforts toward.

  Network (yes, no)

  Indicates the existence in Career Services of a computer-based network of recent graduates with sorting capabilities on Major and City.

  Workshops (job search only, job search + vita, job search + vita + interviewing, job search + vita + interviewing + negotiation)

  Indicates the type of workshops offered by Career Services.

• Use "careercards.xls" from the data page to form cards or slips of paper with combinations of Co. Size, Industry, Location, Network, and Workshops.
• Rank the cards from 1 to 18, where 1 is the combination of features that you most prefer and 18 is the rank of the least preferred. (Use all numbers between 1 and 18 and don't allow ties.)
• Download the "careerraw.xls" Excel spreadsheet on the data page and replace the instructor's rankings in the final column with your rankings (and replace "Iain" with your three digit class ID number).
• Send an e-mail to ipardoe at lcbmail.uoregon.edu that contains this revised Excel spreadsheet as an attachment, together with the following details:
  • your age
  • number of years working full-time prior to entering UO program
  • anticipated starting salary for first job after completing degree
  • whether domestic or international student