In this guided project, we'll work with exit surveys from employees of the Department of Education, Training and Employment (DETE) and the Technical and Further Education (TAFE) institute in Queensland, Australia. You can find the DETE exit survey data here here. The original TAFE exit survey data is no longer available. We've made some slight modifications to the original datasets to make them easier to work with, including changing the encoding to UTF-8 (the original ones are encoded using cp1252.)
We'll play the role of data analyst and pretend our stakeholders want to know the following:
A data dictionary wasn't provided with the dataset. In a job setting, we'd make sure to meet with a manager to confirm the definitions of the data. For this project, we'll use our general knowledge to define the columns.
Below is a preview of a couple columns we'll work with from the dete_survey.csv:
Below is a preview of a couple columns we'll work with from the tafe_survey.csv:
The length of the person's employment (in years)
#importing necessary datasets
import pandas as pd
import numpy as np
#we can use the pd.read_csv() function to specify values that should be represented as NaN.
#We'll use this function to fix the missing values first.
dete_survey = pd.read_csv('dete_survey.csv', na_values='Not Stated')
tafe_survey = pd.read_csv('tafe_survey.csv')
dete_survey.info()
<class 'pandas.core.frame.DataFrame'> RangeIndex: 822 entries, 0 to 821 Data columns (total 56 columns): # Column Non-Null Count Dtype --- ------ -------------- ----- 0 ID 822 non-null int64 1 SeparationType 822 non-null object 2 Cease Date 788 non-null object 3 DETE Start Date 749 non-null float64 4 Role Start Date 724 non-null float64 5 Position 817 non-null object 6 Classification 455 non-null object 7 Region 717 non-null object 8 Business Unit 126 non-null object 9 Employment Status 817 non-null object 10 Career move to public sector 822 non-null bool 11 Career move to private sector 822 non-null bool 12 Interpersonal conflicts 822 non-null bool 13 Job dissatisfaction 822 non-null bool 14 Dissatisfaction with the department 822 non-null bool 15 Physical work environment 822 non-null bool 16 Lack of recognition 822 non-null bool 17 Lack of job security 822 non-null bool 18 Work location 822 non-null bool 19 Employment conditions 822 non-null bool 20 Maternity/family 822 non-null bool 21 Relocation 822 non-null bool 22 Study/Travel 822 non-null bool 23 Ill Health 822 non-null bool 24 Traumatic incident 822 non-null bool 25 Work life balance 822 non-null bool 26 Workload 822 non-null bool 27 None of the above 822 non-null bool 28 Professional Development 808 non-null object 29 Opportunities for promotion 735 non-null object 30 Staff morale 816 non-null object 31 Workplace issue 788 non-null object 32 Physical environment 817 non-null object 33 Worklife balance 815 non-null object 34 Stress and pressure support 810 non-null object 35 Performance of supervisor 813 non-null object 36 Peer support 812 non-null object 37 Initiative 813 non-null object 38 Skills 811 non-null object 39 Coach 767 non-null object 40 Career Aspirations 746 non-null object 41 Feedback 792 non-null object 42 Further PD 768 non-null object 43 Communication 814 non-null object 44 My say 812 non-null object 45 Information 816 non-null object 46 Kept informed 813 non-null object 47 Wellness programs 766 non-null object 48 Health & Safety 793 non-null object 49 Gender 798 non-null object 50 Age 811 non-null object 51 Aboriginal 16 non-null object 52 Torres Strait 3 non-null object 53 South Sea 7 non-null object 54 Disability 23 non-null object 55 NESB 32 non-null object dtypes: bool(18), float64(2), int64(1), object(35) memory usage: 258.6+ KB
tafe_survey.info()
<class 'pandas.core.frame.DataFrame'> RangeIndex: 702 entries, 0 to 701 Data columns (total 72 columns): # Column Non-Null Count Dtype --- ------ -------------- ----- 0 Record ID 702 non-null float64 1 Institute 702 non-null object 2 WorkArea 702 non-null object 3 CESSATION YEAR 695 non-null float64 4 Reason for ceasing employment 701 non-null object 5 Contributing Factors. Career Move - Public Sector 437 non-null object 6 Contributing Factors. Career Move - Private Sector 437 non-null object 7 Contributing Factors. Career Move - Self-employment 437 non-null object 8 Contributing Factors. Ill Health 437 non-null object 9 Contributing Factors. Maternity/Family 437 non-null object 10 Contributing Factors. Dissatisfaction 437 non-null object 11 Contributing Factors. Job Dissatisfaction 437 non-null object 12 Contributing Factors. Interpersonal Conflict 437 non-null object 13 Contributing Factors. Study 437 non-null object 14 Contributing Factors. Travel 437 non-null object 15 Contributing Factors. Other 437 non-null object 16 Contributing Factors. NONE 437 non-null object 17 Main Factor. Which of these was the main factor for leaving? 113 non-null object 18 InstituteViews. Topic:1. I feel the senior leadership had a clear vision and direction 608 non-null object 19 InstituteViews. Topic:2. I was given access to skills training to help me do my job better 613 non-null object 20 InstituteViews. Topic:3. I was given adequate opportunities for personal development 610 non-null object 21 InstituteViews. Topic:4. I was given adequate opportunities for promotion within %Institute]Q25LBL% 608 non-null object 22 InstituteViews. Topic:5. I felt the salary for the job was right for the responsibilities I had 615 non-null object 23 InstituteViews. Topic:6. The organisation recognised when staff did good work 607 non-null object 24 InstituteViews. Topic:7. Management was generally supportive of me 614 non-null object 25 InstituteViews. Topic:8. Management was generally supportive of my team 608 non-null object 26 InstituteViews. Topic:9. I was kept informed of the changes in the organisation which would affect me 610 non-null object 27 InstituteViews. Topic:10. Staff morale was positive within the Institute 602 non-null object 28 InstituteViews. Topic:11. If I had a workplace issue it was dealt with quickly 601 non-null object 29 InstituteViews. Topic:12. If I had a workplace issue it was dealt with efficiently 597 non-null object 30 InstituteViews. Topic:13. If I had a workplace issue it was dealt with discreetly 601 non-null object 31 WorkUnitViews. Topic:14. I was satisfied with the quality of the management and supervision within my work unit 609 non-null object 32 WorkUnitViews. Topic:15. I worked well with my colleagues 605 non-null object 33 WorkUnitViews. Topic:16. My job was challenging and interesting 607 non-null object 34 WorkUnitViews. Topic:17. I was encouraged to use my initiative in the course of my work 610 non-null object 35 WorkUnitViews. Topic:18. I had sufficient contact with other people in my job 613 non-null object 36 WorkUnitViews. Topic:19. I was given adequate support and co-operation by my peers to enable me to do my job 609 non-null object 37 WorkUnitViews. Topic:20. I was able to use the full range of my skills in my job 609 non-null object 38 WorkUnitViews. Topic:21. I was able to use the full range of my abilities in my job. ; Category:Level of Agreement; Question:YOUR VIEWS ABOUT YOUR WORK UNIT] 608 non-null object 39 WorkUnitViews. Topic:22. I was able to use the full range of my knowledge in my job 608 non-null object 40 WorkUnitViews. Topic:23. My job provided sufficient variety 611 non-null object 41 WorkUnitViews. Topic:24. I was able to cope with the level of stress and pressure in my job 610 non-null object 42 WorkUnitViews. Topic:25. My job allowed me to balance the demands of work and family to my satisfaction 611 non-null object 43 WorkUnitViews. Topic:26. My supervisor gave me adequate personal recognition and feedback on my performance 606 non-null object 44 WorkUnitViews. Topic:27. My working environment was satisfactory e.g. sufficient space, good lighting, suitable seating and working area 610 non-null object 45 WorkUnitViews. Topic:28. I was given the opportunity to mentor and coach others in order for me to pass on my skills and knowledge prior to my cessation date 609 non-null object 46 WorkUnitViews. Topic:29. There was adequate communication between staff in my unit 603 non-null object 47 WorkUnitViews. Topic:30. Staff morale was positive within my work unit 606 non-null object 48 Induction. Did you undertake Workplace Induction? 619 non-null object 49 InductionInfo. Topic:Did you undertake a Corporate Induction? 432 non-null object 50 InductionInfo. Topic:Did you undertake a Institute Induction? 483 non-null object 51 InductionInfo. Topic: Did you undertake Team Induction? 440 non-null object 52 InductionInfo. Face to Face Topic:Did you undertake a Corporate Induction; Category:How it was conducted? 555 non-null object 53 InductionInfo. On-line Topic:Did you undertake a Corporate Induction; Category:How it was conducted? 555 non-null object 54 InductionInfo. Induction Manual Topic:Did you undertake a Corporate Induction? 555 non-null object 55 InductionInfo. Face to Face Topic:Did you undertake a Institute Induction? 530 non-null object 56 InductionInfo. On-line Topic:Did you undertake a Institute Induction? 555 non-null object 57 InductionInfo. Induction Manual Topic:Did you undertake a Institute Induction? 553 non-null object 58 InductionInfo. Face to Face Topic: Did you undertake Team Induction; Category? 555 non-null object 59 InductionInfo. On-line Topic: Did you undertake Team Induction?process you undertook and how it was conducted.] 555 non-null object 60 InductionInfo. Induction Manual Topic: Did you undertake Team Induction? 555 non-null object 61 Workplace. Topic:Did you and your Manager develop a Performance and Professional Development Plan (PPDP)? 608 non-null object 62 Workplace. Topic:Does your workplace promote a work culture free from all forms of unlawful discrimination? 594 non-null object 63 Workplace. Topic:Does your workplace promote and practice the principles of employment equity? 587 non-null object 64 Workplace. Topic:Does your workplace value the diversity of its employees? 586 non-null object 65 Workplace. Topic:Would you recommend the Institute as an employer to others? 581 non-null object 66 Gender. What is your Gender? 596 non-null object 67 CurrentAge. Current Age 596 non-null object 68 Employment Type. Employment Type 596 non-null object 69 Classification. Classification 596 non-null object 70 LengthofServiceOverall. Overall Length of Service at Institute (in years) 596 non-null object 71 LengthofServiceCurrent. Length of Service at current workplace (in years) 596 non-null object dtypes: float64(2), object(70) memory usage: 395.0+ KB
dete_survey.head()
ID | SeparationType | Cease Date | DETE Start Date | Role Start Date | Position | Classification | Region | Business Unit | Employment Status | ... | Kept informed | Wellness programs | Health & Safety | Gender | Age | Aboriginal | Torres Strait | South Sea | Disability | NESB | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0 | 1 | Ill Health Retirement | 08/2012 | 1984.0 | 2004.0 | Public Servant | A01-A04 | Central Office | Corporate Strategy and Peformance | Permanent Full-time | ... | N | N | N | Male | 56-60 | NaN | NaN | NaN | NaN | Yes |
1 | 2 | Voluntary Early Retirement (VER) | 08/2012 | NaN | NaN | Public Servant | AO5-AO7 | Central Office | Corporate Strategy and Peformance | Permanent Full-time | ... | N | N | N | Male | 56-60 | NaN | NaN | NaN | NaN | NaN |
2 | 3 | Voluntary Early Retirement (VER) | 05/2012 | 2011.0 | 2011.0 | Schools Officer | NaN | Central Office | Education Queensland | Permanent Full-time | ... | N | N | N | Male | 61 or older | NaN | NaN | NaN | NaN | NaN |
3 | 4 | Resignation-Other reasons | 05/2012 | 2005.0 | 2006.0 | Teacher | Primary | Central Queensland | NaN | Permanent Full-time | ... | A | N | A | Female | 36-40 | NaN | NaN | NaN | NaN | NaN |
4 | 5 | Age Retirement | 05/2012 | 1970.0 | 1989.0 | Head of Curriculum/Head of Special Education | NaN | South East | NaN | Permanent Full-time | ... | N | A | M | Female | 61 or older | NaN | NaN | NaN | NaN | NaN |
5 rows × 56 columns
tafe_survey.head()
Record ID | Institute | WorkArea | CESSATION YEAR | Reason for ceasing employment | Contributing Factors. Career Move - Public Sector | Contributing Factors. Career Move - Private Sector | Contributing Factors. Career Move - Self-employment | Contributing Factors. Ill Health | Contributing Factors. Maternity/Family | ... | Workplace. Topic:Does your workplace promote a work culture free from all forms of unlawful discrimination? | Workplace. Topic:Does your workplace promote and practice the principles of employment equity? | Workplace. Topic:Does your workplace value the diversity of its employees? | Workplace. Topic:Would you recommend the Institute as an employer to others? | Gender. What is your Gender? | CurrentAge. Current Age | Employment Type. Employment Type | Classification. Classification | LengthofServiceOverall. Overall Length of Service at Institute (in years) | LengthofServiceCurrent. Length of Service at current workplace (in years) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0 | 6.341330e+17 | Southern Queensland Institute of TAFE | Non-Delivery (corporate) | 2010.0 | Contract Expired | NaN | NaN | NaN | NaN | NaN | ... | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Female | 26 30 | Temporary Full-time | Administration (AO) | 1-2 | 1-2 |
1 | 6.341337e+17 | Mount Isa Institute of TAFE | Non-Delivery (corporate) | 2010.0 | Retirement | - | - | - | - | - | ... | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | NaN | NaN | NaN | NaN | NaN | NaN |
2 | 6.341388e+17 | Mount Isa Institute of TAFE | Delivery (teaching) | 2010.0 | Retirement | - | - | - | - | - | ... | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | NaN | NaN | NaN | NaN | NaN | NaN |
3 | 6.341399e+17 | Mount Isa Institute of TAFE | Non-Delivery (corporate) | 2010.0 | Resignation | - | - | - | - | - | ... | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | NaN | NaN | NaN | NaN | NaN | NaN |
4 | 6.341466e+17 | Southern Queensland Institute of TAFE | Delivery (teaching) | 2010.0 | Resignation | - | Career Move - Private Sector | - | - | - | ... | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Male | 41 45 | Permanent Full-time | Teacher (including LVT) | 3-4 | 3-4 |
5 rows × 72 columns
dete_survey.isnull()
ID | SeparationType | Cease Date | DETE Start Date | Role Start Date | Position | Classification | Region | Business Unit | Employment Status | ... | Kept informed | Wellness programs | Health & Safety | Gender | Age | Aboriginal | Torres Strait | South Sea | Disability | NESB | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0 | False | False | False | False | False | False | False | False | False | False | ... | False | False | False | False | False | True | True | True | True | False |
1 | False | False | False | True | True | False | False | False | False | False | ... | False | False | False | False | False | True | True | True | True | True |
2 | False | False | False | False | False | False | True | False | False | False | ... | False | False | False | False | False | True | True | True | True | True |
3 | False | False | False | False | False | False | False | False | True | False | ... | False | False | False | False | False | True | True | True | True | True |
4 | False | False | False | False | False | False | True | False | True | False | ... | False | False | False | False | False | True | True | True | True | True |
... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
817 | False | False | False | False | False | False | False | False | True | False | ... | False | False | False | False | False | True | True | True | True | True |
818 | False | False | False | False | False | False | False | False | True | False | ... | False | False | False | False | False | True | True | True | True | True |
819 | False | False | False | False | False | False | False | False | False | False | ... | False | False | False | False | False | True | True | True | True | True |
820 | False | False | False | False | False | False | False | False | True | False | ... | False | False | False | False | False | True | True | True | True | True |
821 | False | False | False | True | True | False | True | False | True | True | ... | True | True | True | True | True | True | True | True | True | True |
822 rows × 56 columns
tafe_survey.isnull()
Record ID | Institute | WorkArea | CESSATION YEAR | Reason for ceasing employment | Contributing Factors. Career Move - Public Sector | Contributing Factors. Career Move - Private Sector | Contributing Factors. Career Move - Self-employment | Contributing Factors. Ill Health | Contributing Factors. Maternity/Family | ... | Workplace. Topic:Does your workplace promote a work culture free from all forms of unlawful discrimination? | Workplace. Topic:Does your workplace promote and practice the principles of employment equity? | Workplace. Topic:Does your workplace value the diversity of its employees? | Workplace. Topic:Would you recommend the Institute as an employer to others? | Gender. What is your Gender? | CurrentAge. Current Age | Employment Type. Employment Type | Classification. Classification | LengthofServiceOverall. Overall Length of Service at Institute (in years) | LengthofServiceCurrent. Length of Service at current workplace (in years) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0 | False | False | False | False | False | True | True | True | True | True | ... | False | False | False | False | False | False | False | False | False | False |
1 | False | False | False | False | False | False | False | False | False | False | ... | False | False | False | False | True | True | True | True | True | True |
2 | False | False | False | False | False | False | False | False | False | False | ... | False | False | False | False | True | True | True | True | True | True |
3 | False | False | False | False | False | False | False | False | False | False | ... | False | False | False | False | True | True | True | True | True | True |
4 | False | False | False | False | False | False | False | False | False | False | ... | False | False | False | False | False | False | False | False | False | False |
... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
697 | False | False | False | False | False | False | False | False | False | False | ... | False | False | False | False | False | False | False | False | False | False |
698 | False | False | False | False | False | False | False | False | False | False | ... | True | True | True | True | True | True | True | True | True | True |
699 | False | False | False | False | False | False | False | False | False | False | ... | False | False | False | False | False | False | False | False | False | False |
700 | False | False | False | False | False | True | True | True | True | True | ... | False | False | False | False | False | False | False | False | False | False |
701 | False | False | False | False | False | False | False | False | False | False | ... | False | False | False | False | False | False | False | False | False | False |
702 rows × 72 columns
we can first make the following observations:
To start, we'll handle the first two issues. we use the pd.read_csv() function to specify values that should be represented as NaN. We'll use this function to fix the missing values first. Then, we'll drop columns we know we don't need for our analysis.
#let's drop some columns from each dataframe that we won't use in our analysis to make the dataframes easier to work with.
dete_survey_updated = dete_survey.drop(dete_survey.columns[28:49], axis=1)
dete_survey_updated.info()
<class 'pandas.core.frame.DataFrame'> RangeIndex: 822 entries, 0 to 821 Data columns (total 35 columns): # Column Non-Null Count Dtype --- ------ -------------- ----- 0 ID 822 non-null int64 1 SeparationType 822 non-null object 2 Cease Date 788 non-null object 3 DETE Start Date 749 non-null float64 4 Role Start Date 724 non-null float64 5 Position 817 non-null object 6 Classification 455 non-null object 7 Region 717 non-null object 8 Business Unit 126 non-null object 9 Employment Status 817 non-null object 10 Career move to public sector 822 non-null bool 11 Career move to private sector 822 non-null bool 12 Interpersonal conflicts 822 non-null bool 13 Job dissatisfaction 822 non-null bool 14 Dissatisfaction with the department 822 non-null bool 15 Physical work environment 822 non-null bool 16 Lack of recognition 822 non-null bool 17 Lack of job security 822 non-null bool 18 Work location 822 non-null bool 19 Employment conditions 822 non-null bool 20 Maternity/family 822 non-null bool 21 Relocation 822 non-null bool 22 Study/Travel 822 non-null bool 23 Ill Health 822 non-null bool 24 Traumatic incident 822 non-null bool 25 Work life balance 822 non-null bool 26 Workload 822 non-null bool 27 None of the above 822 non-null bool 28 Gender 798 non-null object 29 Age 811 non-null object 30 Aboriginal 16 non-null object 31 Torres Strait 3 non-null object 32 South Sea 7 non-null object 33 Disability 23 non-null object 34 NESB 32 non-null object dtypes: bool(18), float64(2), int64(1), object(14) memory usage: 123.7+ KB
tafe_survey_updated = tafe_survey.drop(tafe_survey.columns[17:66], axis=1)
tafe_survey_updated.info()
<class 'pandas.core.frame.DataFrame'> RangeIndex: 702 entries, 0 to 701 Data columns (total 23 columns): # Column Non-Null Count Dtype --- ------ -------------- ----- 0 Record ID 702 non-null float64 1 Institute 702 non-null object 2 WorkArea 702 non-null object 3 CESSATION YEAR 695 non-null float64 4 Reason for ceasing employment 701 non-null object 5 Contributing Factors. Career Move - Public Sector 437 non-null object 6 Contributing Factors. Career Move - Private Sector 437 non-null object 7 Contributing Factors. Career Move - Self-employment 437 non-null object 8 Contributing Factors. Ill Health 437 non-null object 9 Contributing Factors. Maternity/Family 437 non-null object 10 Contributing Factors. Dissatisfaction 437 non-null object 11 Contributing Factors. Job Dissatisfaction 437 non-null object 12 Contributing Factors. Interpersonal Conflict 437 non-null object 13 Contributing Factors. Study 437 non-null object 14 Contributing Factors. Travel 437 non-null object 15 Contributing Factors. Other 437 non-null object 16 Contributing Factors. NONE 437 non-null object 17 Gender. What is your Gender? 596 non-null object 18 CurrentAge. Current Age 596 non-null object 19 Employment Type. Employment Type 596 non-null object 20 Classification. Classification 596 non-null object 21 LengthofServiceOverall. Overall Length of Service at Institute (in years) 596 non-null object 22 LengthofServiceCurrent. Length of Service at current workplace (in years) 596 non-null object dtypes: float64(2), object(21) memory usage: 126.3+ KB
Let's turn our attention to the column names. Each dataframe contains many of the same columns, but the column names are different. Below are some of the columns we'd like to use for our final analysis:
print(tafe_survey_updated.columns)
print(dete_survey_updated.columns)
Index(['Record ID', 'Institute', 'WorkArea', 'CESSATION YEAR', 'Reason for ceasing employment', 'Contributing Factors. Career Move - Public Sector ', 'Contributing Factors. Career Move - Private Sector ', 'Contributing Factors. Career Move - Self-employment', 'Contributing Factors. Ill Health', 'Contributing Factors. Maternity/Family', 'Contributing Factors. Dissatisfaction', 'Contributing Factors. Job Dissatisfaction', 'Contributing Factors. Interpersonal Conflict', 'Contributing Factors. Study', 'Contributing Factors. Travel', 'Contributing Factors. Other', 'Contributing Factors. NONE', 'Gender. What is your Gender?', 'CurrentAge. Current Age', 'Employment Type. Employment Type', 'Classification. Classification', 'LengthofServiceOverall. Overall Length of Service at Institute (in years)', 'LengthofServiceCurrent. Length of Service at current workplace (in years)'], dtype='object') Index(['ID', 'SeparationType', 'Cease Date', 'DETE Start Date', 'Role Start Date', 'Position', 'Classification', 'Region', 'Business Unit', 'Employment Status', 'Career move to public sector', 'Career move to private sector', 'Interpersonal conflicts', 'Job dissatisfaction', 'Dissatisfaction with the department', 'Physical work environment', 'Lack of recognition', 'Lack of job security', 'Work location', 'Employment conditions', 'Maternity/family', 'Relocation', 'Study/Travel', 'Ill Health', 'Traumatic incident', 'Work life balance', 'Workload', 'None of the above', 'Gender', 'Age', 'Aboriginal', 'Torres Strait', 'South Sea', 'Disability', 'NESB'], dtype='object')
Because we eventually want to combine them, we'll have to standardize the column names. we will use the DataFrame.columns attribute along with vectorized string methods to update all of the columns at once.
#Rename the remaining columns in the dete_survey_updated dataframe
dete_survey_updated.columns = dete_survey_updated.columns.str.replace(' ', '_').str.strip().str.lower()
dete_survey_updated.columns
Index(['id', 'separationtype', 'cease_date', 'dete_start_date', 'role_start_date', 'position', 'classification', 'region', 'business_unit', 'employment_status', 'career_move_to_public_sector', 'career_move_to_private_sector', 'interpersonal_conflicts', 'job_dissatisfaction', 'dissatisfaction_with_the_department', 'physical_work_environment', 'lack_of_recognition', 'lack_of_job_security', 'work_location', 'employment_conditions', 'maternity/family', 'relocation', 'study/travel', 'ill_health', 'traumatic_incident', 'work_life_balance', 'workload', 'none_of_the_above', 'gender', 'age', 'aboriginal', 'torres_strait', 'south_sea', 'disability', 'nesb'], dtype='object')
mapping = {'Record ID': 'id', 'CESSATION YEAR': 'cease_date', 'Reason for ceasing employment': 'separationtype', 'Gender. What is your Gender?': 'gender', 'CurrentAge. Current Age': 'age',
'Employment Type. Employment Type': 'employment_status',
'Classification. Classification': 'position',
'LengthofServiceOverall. Overall Length of Service at Institute (in years)': 'institute_service',
'LengthofServiceCurrent. Length of Service at current workplace (in years)': 'role_service'}
tafe_survey_updated = tafe_survey_updated.rename(mapping, axis = 1)
tafe_survey_updated.head()
id | Institute | WorkArea | cease_date | separationtype | Contributing Factors. Career Move - Public Sector | Contributing Factors. Career Move - Private Sector | Contributing Factors. Career Move - Self-employment | Contributing Factors. Ill Health | Contributing Factors. Maternity/Family | ... | Contributing Factors. Study | Contributing Factors. Travel | Contributing Factors. Other | Contributing Factors. NONE | gender | age | employment_status | position | institute_service | role_service | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0 | 6.341330e+17 | Southern Queensland Institute of TAFE | Non-Delivery (corporate) | 2010.0 | Contract Expired | NaN | NaN | NaN | NaN | NaN | ... | NaN | NaN | NaN | NaN | Female | 26 30 | Temporary Full-time | Administration (AO) | 1-2 | 1-2 |
1 | 6.341337e+17 | Mount Isa Institute of TAFE | Non-Delivery (corporate) | 2010.0 | Retirement | - | - | - | - | - | ... | - | Travel | - | - | NaN | NaN | NaN | NaN | NaN | NaN |
2 | 6.341388e+17 | Mount Isa Institute of TAFE | Delivery (teaching) | 2010.0 | Retirement | - | - | - | - | - | ... | - | - | - | NONE | NaN | NaN | NaN | NaN | NaN | NaN |
3 | 6.341399e+17 | Mount Isa Institute of TAFE | Non-Delivery (corporate) | 2010.0 | Resignation | - | - | - | - | - | ... | - | Travel | - | - | NaN | NaN | NaN | NaN | NaN | NaN |
4 | 6.341466e+17 | Southern Queensland Institute of TAFE | Delivery (teaching) | 2010.0 | Resignation | - | Career Move - Private Sector | - | - | - | ... | - | - | - | - | Male | 41 45 | Permanent Full-time | Teacher (including LVT) | 3-4 | 3-4 |
5 rows × 23 columns
dete_survey_updated.head()
id | separationtype | cease_date | dete_start_date | role_start_date | position | classification | region | business_unit | employment_status | ... | work_life_balance | workload | none_of_the_above | gender | age | aboriginal | torres_strait | south_sea | disability | nesb | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0 | 1 | Ill Health Retirement | 08/2012 | 1984.0 | 2004.0 | Public Servant | A01-A04 | Central Office | Corporate Strategy and Peformance | Permanent Full-time | ... | False | False | True | Male | 56-60 | NaN | NaN | NaN | NaN | Yes |
1 | 2 | Voluntary Early Retirement (VER) | 08/2012 | NaN | NaN | Public Servant | AO5-AO7 | Central Office | Corporate Strategy and Peformance | Permanent Full-time | ... | False | False | False | Male | 56-60 | NaN | NaN | NaN | NaN | NaN |
2 | 3 | Voluntary Early Retirement (VER) | 05/2012 | 2011.0 | 2011.0 | Schools Officer | NaN | Central Office | Education Queensland | Permanent Full-time | ... | False | False | True | Male | 61 or older | NaN | NaN | NaN | NaN | NaN |
3 | 4 | Resignation-Other reasons | 05/2012 | 2005.0 | 2006.0 | Teacher | Primary | Central Queensland | NaN | Permanent Full-time | ... | False | False | False | Female | 36-40 | NaN | NaN | NaN | NaN | NaN |
4 | 5 | Age Retirement | 05/2012 | 1970.0 | 1989.0 | Head of Curriculum/Head of Special Education | NaN | South East | NaN | Permanent Full-time | ... | True | False | False | Female | 61 or older | NaN | NaN | NaN | NaN | NaN |
5 rows × 35 columns
we renamed the columns that we'll use in our analysis for better understanding
Filtering out the data we don't need.
Our end goal is to answer the following question:
Looking at the unique values in the separationtype columns in each dataframe, we'll see that each contains a couple of different separation types. For this project, we'll only analyze survey respondents who resigned, so their separation type contains the string 'Resignation'.
Note that dete_survey_updated dataframe contains multiple separation types with the string 'Resignation':
#review the unique values in the separationtype column in both dete_survey_updated and tafe_survey_updated.
dete_survey_updated['separationtype'].value_counts()
Age Retirement 285 Resignation-Other reasons 150 Resignation-Other employer 91 Resignation-Move overseas/interstate 70 Voluntary Early Retirement (VER) 67 Ill Health Retirement 61 Other 49 Contract Expired 34 Termination 15 Name: separationtype, dtype: int64
Age is the major reason people exit the company at Department of Education, Training and Employment (DETE)
tafe_survey_updated['separationtype'].value_counts()
Resignation 340 Contract Expired 127 Retrenchment/ Redundancy 104 Retirement 82 Transfer 25 Termination 23 Name: separationtype, dtype: int64
Resignation is the means by which employes exited the Technical and Further Education (TAFE) institute in Queensland, Australia
# Update all separation types containing the word "resignation" to 'Resignation'
dete_survey_updated['separationtype'] = dete_survey_updated['separationtype'].str.split('-').str[0]
# Check the values in the separationtype column were updated correctly
dete_survey_updated['separationtype'].value_counts()
Resignation 311 Age Retirement 285 Voluntary Early Retirement (VER) 67 Ill Health Retirement 61 Other 49 Contract Expired 34 Termination 15 Name: separationtype, dtype: int64
Upon updating all separation types containing the word "Resignation" to "resignation" because 'dete_survey_updated' dataframe contains three Resignation separation types, so resignation toppled the reason why people left DEFE.
# Select only the resignation separation types from each dataframe
dete_resignations = dete_survey_updated[dete_survey_updated['separationtype'] == 'Resignation'].copy()
tafe_resignations = tafe_survey_updated[tafe_survey_updated['separationtype'] == 'Resignation'].copy()
We will verify to know if the data doesn't contain any major inconsistencies (to the best of our knowledge)
In this step, we'll focus on verifying that the years in the cease_date and dete_start_date columns make sense.
If we have many years higher than the current date or lower than 1940, we wouldn't want to continue with our analysis, because it could mean there's something very wrong with the data. If there are a small amount of values that are unrealistically high or low, we can remove them.
Check the years in each dataframe for logical inconsistencies.
dete_resignations['cease_date'].value_counts()
2012 126 2013 74 01/2014 22 12/2013 17 06/2013 14 09/2013 11 11/2013 9 07/2013 9 10/2013 6 08/2013 4 05/2012 2 05/2013 2 07/2006 1 2010 1 09/2010 1 07/2012 1 Name: cease_date, dtype: int64
# Extract the years and convert them to a float type
dete_resignations['cease_date'] = dete_resignations['cease_date'].str.split('/').str[-1]
dete_resignations['cease_date'] = dete_resignations['cease_date'].astype("float")
# Checking the values again and look for outliers
dete_resignations['cease_date'].value_counts()
2013.0 146 2012.0 129 2014.0 22 2010.0 2 2006.0 1 Name: cease_date, dtype: int64
dete_resignations['dete_start_date'].value_counts()
2011.0 24 2008.0 22 2007.0 21 2012.0 21 2010.0 17 2005.0 15 2004.0 14 2009.0 13 2006.0 13 2013.0 10 2000.0 9 1999.0 8 1996.0 6 2002.0 6 1992.0 6 1998.0 6 2003.0 6 1994.0 6 1993.0 5 1990.0 5 1980.0 5 1997.0 5 1991.0 4 1989.0 4 1988.0 4 1995.0 4 2001.0 3 1985.0 3 1986.0 3 1983.0 2 1976.0 2 1974.0 2 1971.0 1 1972.0 1 1984.0 1 1982.0 1 1987.0 1 1975.0 1 1973.0 1 1977.0 1 1963.0 1 Name: dete_start_date, dtype: int64
tafe_resignations['cease_date'].value_counts()
2011.0 116 2012.0 94 2010.0 68 2013.0 55 2009.0 2 Name: cease_date, dtype: int64
# Check the unique values
tafe_resignations['cease_date'].value_counts().sort_values()
2009.0 2 2013.0 55 2010.0 68 2012.0 94 2011.0 116 Name: cease_date, dtype: int64
Now that we've verified the years in the dete_resignations dataframe, we'll use them to create a new column, In the Human Resources field, the length of time an employee spent in a workplace is referred to as their years of service.
You may have noticed that the tafe_resignations dataframe already contains a "service" column, which we renamed to institute_service. In order to analyze both surveys together, we'll have to create a corresponding institute_service column in dete_resignations
dete_resignations['institute_service'] = dete_resignations['cease_date'] - dete_resignations['dete_start_date']
dete_resignations['institute_service'].head()
3 7.0 5 18.0 8 3.0 9 15.0 11 3.0 Name: institute_service, dtype: float64
we created a new institute_service column that we'll use to analyze survey respondents according to their length of employment.Next, we'll identify any employees who resigned because they were dissatisfied
Below are the columns we'll use to categorize employees as "dissatisfied" from each dataframe.
If the employee indicated any of the factors above caused them to resign, we'll mark them as dissatisfied in a new column.
# Check the unique values
tafe_resignations['Contributing Factors. Dissatisfaction'].value_counts()
- 277 Contributing Factors. Dissatisfaction 55 Name: Contributing Factors. Dissatisfaction, dtype: int64
# Check the unique values
tafe_resignations['Contributing Factors. Job Dissatisfaction'].value_counts()
- 270 Job Dissatisfaction 62 Name: Contributing Factors. Job Dissatisfaction, dtype: int64
# Updating the values in the contributing factors columns to be either True, False, or NaN
def update_vals(x):
if x == '-':
return False
elif pd.isnull(x):
return np.nan
else:
return True
tafe_resignations['dissatisfied'] = tafe_resignations[['Contributing Factors. Dissatisfaction', 'Contributing Factors. Job Dissatisfaction']].applymap(update_vals).any(1, skipna=False)
tafe_resignations_up = tafe_resignations.copy()
# Check the unique values after the updates
tafe_resignations_up['dissatisfied'].value_counts(dropna=False)
False 241 True 91 NaN 8 Name: dissatisfied, dtype: int64
#Update the values in columns related to dissatisfaction to be either True, False, or NaN
dete_resignations['dissatisfied'] = dete_resignations[['job_dissatisfaction',
'dissatisfaction_with_the_department', 'physical_work_environment',
'lack_of_recognition', 'lack_of_job_security', 'work_location',
'employment_conditions', 'work_life_balance',
'workload']].any(1, skipna=False)
dete_resignations_up = dete_resignations.copy()
dete_resignations_up['dissatisfied'].value_counts(dropna=False)
False 162 True 149 Name: dissatisfied, dtype: int64
we're finally ready to combine our datasets! Our end goal is to aggregate the data according to the institute_service column, so when you combine the data, think about how to get the data into a form that's easy to aggregate.
# Add an institute column
dete_resignations_up['institute'] = 'DETE'
tafe_resignations_up['institute'] = 'TAFE'
# Combine the dataframes
combined = pd.concat([dete_resignations_up, tafe_resignations_up], ignore_index=True)
# Verify the number of non null values in each column
combined.notnull().sum().sort_values()
torres_strait 0 south_sea 3 aboriginal 7 disability 8 nesb 9 business_unit 32 classification 161 region 265 role_start_date 271 dete_start_date 283 role_service 290 none_of_the_above 311 work_life_balance 311 traumatic_incident 311 ill_health 311 study/travel 311 relocation 311 maternity/family 311 employment_conditions 311 workload 311 lack_of_job_security 311 career_move_to_public_sector 311 career_move_to_private_sector 311 interpersonal_conflicts 311 work_location 311 dissatisfaction_with_the_department 311 physical_work_environment 311 lack_of_recognition 311 job_dissatisfaction 311 Contributing Factors. Job Dissatisfaction 332 Contributing Factors. Travel 332 Contributing Factors. Maternity/Family 332 Contributing Factors. Ill Health 332 Contributing Factors. Career Move - Self-employment 332 Contributing Factors. Career Move - Private Sector 332 Contributing Factors. Career Move - Public Sector 332 Contributing Factors. Dissatisfaction 332 Contributing Factors. Other 332 Contributing Factors. Interpersonal Conflict 332 Contributing Factors. NONE 332 Contributing Factors. Study 332 Institute 340 WorkArea 340 institute_service 563 gender 592 age 596 employment_status 597 position 598 cease_date 635 dissatisfied 643 separationtype 651 institute 651 id 651 dtype: int64
# Drop columns with less than 500 non null values
combined_updated = combined.dropna(thresh = 500, axis =1).copy()
Now that we've combined our dataframes, we're almost at a place where we can perform some kind of analysis! First, though, we'll have to clean up the institute_service column. This column is tricky to clean because it currently contains values in a couple different forms:
To analyze the data, we'll convert these numbers into categories. We'll base our analysis on this article, which makes the argument that understanding employee's needs according to career stage instead of age is more effective.
We'll use the slightly modified definitions below:
combined_updated['institute_service'].value_counts()
Less than 1 year 73 1-2 64 3-4 63 5-6 33 11-20 26 5.0 23 1.0 22 7-10 21 3.0 20 0.0 20 6.0 17 4.0 16 9.0 14 2.0 14 7.0 13 More than 20 years 10 13.0 8 8.0 8 20.0 7 15.0 7 14.0 6 17.0 6 12.0 6 10.0 6 22.0 6 18.0 5 16.0 5 24.0 4 23.0 4 11.0 4 39.0 3 19.0 3 21.0 3 32.0 3 36.0 2 25.0 2 26.0 2 28.0 2 30.0 2 42.0 1 35.0 1 49.0 1 34.0 1 38.0 1 33.0 1 29.0 1 27.0 1 41.0 1 31.0 1 Name: institute_service, dtype: int64
# Extract the years of service and convert the type to float
combined_updated['institute_service_up'] = combined_updated['institute_service'].astype('str').str.extract(r'(\d+)')
combined_updated['institute_service_up'] = combined_updated['institute_service_up'].astype('float')
# Check the years extracted are correct
combined_updated['institute_service_up'].value_counts()
1.0 159 3.0 83 5.0 56 7.0 34 11.0 30 0.0 20 20.0 17 6.0 17 4.0 16 9.0 14 2.0 14 13.0 8 8.0 8 15.0 7 17.0 6 10.0 6 12.0 6 14.0 6 22.0 6 16.0 5 18.0 5 24.0 4 23.0 4 39.0 3 19.0 3 21.0 3 32.0 3 28.0 2 36.0 2 25.0 2 30.0 2 26.0 2 29.0 1 38.0 1 42.0 1 27.0 1 41.0 1 35.0 1 49.0 1 34.0 1 33.0 1 31.0 1 Name: institute_service_up, dtype: int64
#Next, we'll map each value to one of the career stage definitions.
def transform_service(val):
if val >= 11:
return "Veteran"
elif 7 <= val < 11:
return "Established"
elif 3 <= val < 7:
return "Experienced"
elif pd.isnull(val):
return np.nan
else:
return "New"
combined_updated['service_cat'] = combined_updated['institute_service_up'].apply(transform_service)
combined_updated['service_cat'].head()
0 Established 1 Veteran 2 Experienced 3 Veteran 4 Experienced Name: service_cat, dtype: object
we created a service_cat column, that categorizes employees according to the amount of years spent in their workplace:
Now, let's finally do our first piece of analysis! We'll help you fill in missing values in the dissatisfied column and then aggregate the data to get you started.
dissatisfied column consists of Boolean values, meaning they're either True or False. Methods such as the df.pivot_table() method actually treat Boolean values as integers, so a True value is considered to be 1 and a False value is considered to be 0. That means that we can aggregate the dissatisfied column and calculate the number of people in each group, the percentage of people in each group, etc.
combined_updated['dissatisfied'].value_counts().dropna(inplace=False)
False 403 True 240 Name: dissatisfied, dtype: int64
# Replace missing values with the most frequent value, False
combined_updated['dissatisfied'] = combined_updated['dissatisfied'].fillna(False)
dissatisfied_resignations = combined_updated.pivot_table(values='dissatisfied', index = 'service_cat')
dissatisfied_resignations
dissatisfied | |
---|---|
service_cat | |
Established | 0.516129 |
Experienced | 0.343023 |
New | 0.295337 |
Veteran | 0.485294 |
Doing a bivariate analysis between service category and dissatisfied employees, I obsreved that 51.6% of the resignations were from employees with more than 7 years in the institute (51.6% from established employees and 48.5% from veteran employees). With this data we can infer that people that work in the DETE and TAFE institute become unmotivated with their jobs probably because of the few challenges they are facing.
# Calculating the percentage of employees who resigned due to dissatisfaction in each category
dis_pct = combined_updated.pivot_table(index='service_cat', values='dissatisfied')
# Plot the results
%matplotlib inline
dis_pct.plot(kind='bar', rot=30)
<matplotlib.axes._subplots.AxesSubplot at 0x7f0fdc086160>
From the initial analysis above, we can tentatively conclude that employees with 7 or more years of service are more likely to resign due to some kind of dissatisfaction with the job than employees with less than 7 years of service. However, we need to handle the rest of the missing data to finalize our analysis.
How many people in each age group resgined due to some kind of dissatisfaction?
Instead of analyzing the survey results together, analyze each survey separately.
Did more employees in the DETE survey or TAFE survey end their employment because they were dissatisfied in some way?
combined_updated['age'].value_counts().sort_index()
20 or younger 10 21 25 33 21-25 29 26 30 32 26-30 35 31 35 32 31-35 29 36 40 32 36-40 41 41 45 45 41-45 48 46 50 39 46-50 42 51-55 71 56 or older 29 56-60 26 61 or older 23 Name: age, dtype: int64
combined_updated['age'] = combined_updated['age'].str.replace(" ","-")
def age_cleanup(element):
if element == "61 or older": return "56 or older"
elif element == "56-60": return "56 or older"
else: return element
combined_updated['age'] = combined_updated['age'].map(age_cleanup)
combined_updated['age'].value_counts(dropna=False).sort_index()
20 or younger 10 21-25 62 26-30 67 31-35 61 36-40 73 41-45 93 46-50 81 51-55 71 56 or older 78 NaN 55 Name: age, dtype: int64
The ages are neatly organized now, it is time to see whether age has an influence on likelyhood of an resignee to be dissatisfied. Below the amount of dissatisfied resignees will be summed for each category.
combined_up_dis = combined_updated.loc[combined_updated['dissatisfied']==True,]
df_Age = combined_updated['age'].value_counts().sort_index().to_frame(name='Total')
df_Age['Dissatisfied'] = combined_up_dis['age'].value_counts().sort_index()
df_Age['Other reasons'] = df_Age['Total'] - df_Age['Dissatisfied']
df_Age['Dissatisfied %'] = round(df_Age['Dissatisfied'] / df_Age['Total'],2)
df_Age['Other reasons %'] = round(df_Age['Other reasons'] / df_Age['Total'],2)
df_Age.index.name = 'Age'
display(df_Age)
Total | Dissatisfied | Other reasons | Dissatisfied % | Other reasons % | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age | |||||
20 or younger | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0.20 | 0.80 |
21-25 | 62 | 19 | 43 | 0.31 | 0.69 |
26-30 | 67 | 28 | 39 | 0.42 | 0.58 |
31-35 | 61 | 23 | 38 | 0.38 | 0.62 |
36-40 | 73 | 25 | 48 | 0.34 | 0.66 |
41-45 | 93 | 35 | 58 | 0.38 | 0.62 |
46-50 | 81 | 31 | 50 | 0.38 | 0.62 |
51-55 | 71 | 30 | 41 | 0.42 | 0.58 |
56 or older | 78 | 33 | 45 | 0.42 | 0.58 |
df_Age['Dissatisfied %'].plot(kind='bar')
<matplotlib.axes._subplots.AxesSubplot at 0x7f10100587c0>
The dissatisfaction distribution by age also seems to suggest that older people tend to renounce due to dissatisfaction more than younger people. The exception in the 26-30 group of people who also have high percentage of dissatisfied employees.