People Analytics for HR

Turn Data into a Talent Retention Strategy

Ingrid Larkin

• Publisher: Chiify
• Year: 2026
• Topic: Computer Science
• eBook ISBN:
  9798259604513
• Subtopic: Computer Science General
• Index: Computer Science

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Table of contents

• People Analytics for HR
• People Analytics for HR
• Preface
• Chapter 1 — The Cost of Turnover – Building the Business Case
• Chapter 2 — Meet the Data – Understanding Employee Records
• Chapter 3 — Excel Essentials for HR Analytics
• Chapter 4 — Cleaning and Preparing Your HR Data
• Chapter 5 — Calculating Core HR Metrics
• Chapter 6 — Descriptive Analytics – Visualizing Workforce Trends
• Chapter 7 — Diagnostic Analytics – Why Are People Leaving?
• Chapter 8 — Business Modeling – Scenario Planning for Retention
• Chapter 9 — Introduction to Predictive Modeling with Excel
• Chapter 10 — Predicting Turnover – Logistic Regression for Binary Outcomes
• Chapter 11 — Advanced Predictive – Survival Analysis and Segmentation
• Chapter 12 — Evaluating Model Performance
• Chapter 13 — Building a Turnover Dashboard
• Chapter 14 — Communicating Insights to Leadership
• Chapter 15 — Prescriptive Analytics – From Insight to Action
• Chapter 16 — Automating with Excel Templates and Macros
• Chapter 17 — Extending to Other HR Domains
• Chapter 18 — Putting It All Together – Final Project Review and Career Guide
• About the Author