In this 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 TAFE exit survey here and the survey for the DETE here. We've made some slight modifications to these datasets to make them easier to work with, including changing the encoding to UTF-8 (the original ones are encoded using cp1252.)
The aim of this project is to clean,analyze the data and combine the results for both surveys to answer the following questions:
Importing Libraries And Exploring The Datasets
# Import Relevant Libraries
import numpy as np
import pandas as pd
# Reading the csv files
dete_survey = pd.read_csv('dete_survey.csv')
tafe_survey = pd.read_csv('tafe_survey.csv')
# Exploring the dete_survey
dete_survey.info()
<class 'pandas.core.frame.DataFrame'> RangeIndex: 822 entries, 0 to 821 Data columns (total 56 columns): ID 822 non-null int64 SeparationType 822 non-null object Cease Date 822 non-null object DETE Start Date 822 non-null object Role Start Date 822 non-null object Position 817 non-null object Classification 455 non-null object Region 822 non-null object Business Unit 126 non-null object Employment Status 817 non-null object Career move to public sector 822 non-null bool Career move to private sector 822 non-null bool Interpersonal conflicts 822 non-null bool Job dissatisfaction 822 non-null bool Dissatisfaction with the department 822 non-null bool Physical work environment 822 non-null bool Lack of recognition 822 non-null bool Lack of job security 822 non-null bool Work location 822 non-null bool Employment conditions 822 non-null bool Maternity/family 822 non-null bool Relocation 822 non-null bool Study/Travel 822 non-null bool Ill Health 822 non-null bool Traumatic incident 822 non-null bool Work life balance 822 non-null bool Workload 822 non-null bool None of the above 822 non-null bool Professional Development 808 non-null object Opportunities for promotion 735 non-null object Staff morale 816 non-null object Workplace issue 788 non-null object Physical environment 817 non-null object Worklife balance 815 non-null object Stress and pressure support 810 non-null object Performance of supervisor 813 non-null object Peer support 812 non-null object Initiative 813 non-null object Skills 811 non-null object Coach 767 non-null object Career Aspirations 746 non-null object Feedback 792 non-null object Further PD 768 non-null object Communication 814 non-null object My say 812 non-null object Information 816 non-null object Kept informed 813 non-null object Wellness programs 766 non-null object Health & Safety 793 non-null object Gender 798 non-null object Age 811 non-null object Aboriginal 16 non-null object Torres Strait 3 non-null object South Sea 7 non-null object Disability 23 non-null object NESB 32 non-null object dtypes: bool(18), int64(1), object(37) memory usage: 258.6+ 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 | 2004 | 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 | Not Stated | Not Stated | 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 | 2011 | 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 | 2006 | 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 | 1989 | 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
dete_survey.isnull().sum()
ID 0 SeparationType 0 Cease Date 0 DETE Start Date 0 Role Start Date 0 Position 5 Classification 367 Region 0 Business Unit 696 Employment Status 5 Career move to public sector 0 Career move to private sector 0 Interpersonal conflicts 0 Job dissatisfaction 0 Dissatisfaction with the department 0 Physical work environment 0 Lack of recognition 0 Lack of job security 0 Work location 0 Employment conditions 0 Maternity/family 0 Relocation 0 Study/Travel 0 Ill Health 0 Traumatic incident 0 Work life balance 0 Workload 0 None of the above 0 Professional Development 14 Opportunities for promotion 87 Staff morale 6 Workplace issue 34 Physical environment 5 Worklife balance 7 Stress and pressure support 12 Performance of supervisor 9 Peer support 10 Initiative 9 Skills 11 Coach 55 Career Aspirations 76 Feedback 30 Further PD 54 Communication 8 My say 10 Information 6 Kept informed 9 Wellness programs 56 Health & Safety 29 Gender 24 Age 11 Aboriginal 806 Torres Strait 819 South Sea 815 Disability 799 NESB 790 dtype: int64
# Exploring the tafe_survey
tafe_survey.info()
<class 'pandas.core.frame.DataFrame'> RangeIndex: 702 entries, 0 to 701 Data columns (total 72 columns): Record ID 702 non-null float64 Institute 702 non-null object WorkArea 702 non-null object CESSATION YEAR 695 non-null float64 Reason for ceasing employment 701 non-null object Contributing Factors. Career Move - Public Sector 437 non-null object Contributing Factors. Career Move - Private Sector 437 non-null object Contributing Factors. Career Move - Self-employment 437 non-null object Contributing Factors. Ill Health 437 non-null object Contributing Factors. Maternity/Family 437 non-null object Contributing Factors. Dissatisfaction 437 non-null object Contributing Factors. Job Dissatisfaction 437 non-null object Contributing Factors. Interpersonal Conflict 437 non-null object Contributing Factors. Study 437 non-null object Contributing Factors. Travel 437 non-null object Contributing Factors. Other 437 non-null object Contributing Factors. NONE 437 non-null object Main Factor. Which of these was the main factor for leaving? 113 non-null object InstituteViews. Topic:1. I feel the senior leadership had a clear vision and direction 608 non-null object InstituteViews. Topic:2. I was given access to skills training to help me do my job better 613 non-null object InstituteViews. Topic:3. I was given adequate opportunities for personal development 610 non-null object InstituteViews. Topic:4. I was given adequate opportunities for promotion within %Institute]Q25LBL% 608 non-null object InstituteViews. Topic:5. I felt the salary for the job was right for the responsibilities I had 615 non-null object InstituteViews. Topic:6. The organisation recognised when staff did good work 607 non-null object InstituteViews. Topic:7. Management was generally supportive of me 614 non-null object InstituteViews. Topic:8. Management was generally supportive of my team 608 non-null object InstituteViews. Topic:9. I was kept informed of the changes in the organisation which would affect me 610 non-null object InstituteViews. Topic:10. Staff morale was positive within the Institute 602 non-null object InstituteViews. Topic:11. If I had a workplace issue it was dealt with quickly 601 non-null object InstituteViews. Topic:12. If I had a workplace issue it was dealt with efficiently 597 non-null object InstituteViews. Topic:13. If I had a workplace issue it was dealt with discreetly 601 non-null object WorkUnitViews. Topic:14. I was satisfied with the quality of the management and supervision within my work unit 609 non-null object WorkUnitViews. Topic:15. I worked well with my colleagues 605 non-null object WorkUnitViews. Topic:16. My job was challenging and interesting 607 non-null object WorkUnitViews. Topic:17. I was encouraged to use my initiative in the course of my work 610 non-null object WorkUnitViews. Topic:18. I had sufficient contact with other people in my job 613 non-null object 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 WorkUnitViews. Topic:20. I was able to use the full range of my skills in my job 609 non-null object 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 WorkUnitViews. Topic:22. I was able to use the full range of my knowledge in my job 608 non-null object WorkUnitViews. Topic:23. My job provided sufficient variety 611 non-null object WorkUnitViews. Topic:24. I was able to cope with the level of stress and pressure in my job 610 non-null object WorkUnitViews. Topic:25. My job allowed me to balance the demands of work and family to my satisfaction 611 non-null object WorkUnitViews. Topic:26. My supervisor gave me adequate personal recognition and feedback on my performance 606 non-null object WorkUnitViews. Topic:27. My working environment was satisfactory e.g. sufficient space, good lighting, suitable seating and working area 610 non-null object 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 WorkUnitViews. Topic:29. There was adequate communication between staff in my unit 603 non-null object WorkUnitViews. Topic:30. Staff morale was positive within my work unit 606 non-null object Induction. Did you undertake Workplace Induction? 619 non-null object InductionInfo. Topic:Did you undertake a Corporate Induction? 432 non-null object InductionInfo. Topic:Did you undertake a Institute Induction? 483 non-null object InductionInfo. Topic: Did you undertake Team Induction? 440 non-null object InductionInfo. Face to Face Topic:Did you undertake a Corporate Induction; Category:How it was conducted? 555 non-null object InductionInfo. On-line Topic:Did you undertake a Corporate Induction; Category:How it was conducted? 555 non-null object InductionInfo. Induction Manual Topic:Did you undertake a Corporate Induction? 555 non-null object InductionInfo. Face to Face Topic:Did you undertake a Institute Induction? 530 non-null object InductionInfo. On-line Topic:Did you undertake a Institute Induction? 555 non-null object InductionInfo. Induction Manual Topic:Did you undertake a Institute Induction? 553 non-null object InductionInfo. Face to Face Topic: Did you undertake Team Induction; Category? 555 non-null object InductionInfo. On-line Topic: Did you undertake Team Induction?process you undertook and how it was conducted.] 555 non-null object InductionInfo. Induction Manual Topic: Did you undertake Team Induction? 555 non-null object Workplace. Topic:Did you and your Manager develop a Performance and Professional Development Plan (PPDP)? 608 non-null object Workplace. Topic:Does your workplace promote a work culture free from all forms of unlawful discrimination? 594 non-null object Workplace. Topic:Does your workplace promote and practice the principles of employment equity? 587 non-null object Workplace. Topic:Does your workplace value the diversity of its employees? 586 non-null object Workplace. Topic:Would you recommend the Institute as an employer to others? 581 non-null object Gender. What is your Gender? 596 non-null object CurrentAge. Current Age 596 non-null object Employment Type. Employment Type 596 non-null object Classification. Classification 596 non-null object LengthofServiceOverall. Overall Length of Service at Institute (in years) 596 non-null object LengthofServiceCurrent. Length of Service at current workplace (in years) 596 non-null object dtypes: float64(2), object(70) memory usage: 395.0+ KB
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) | |
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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
tafe_survey.isnull().sum()
Record ID 0 Institute 0 WorkArea 0 CESSATION YEAR 7 Reason for ceasing employment 1 Contributing Factors. Career Move - Public Sector 265 Contributing Factors. Career Move - Private Sector 265 Contributing Factors. Career Move - Self-employment 265 Contributing Factors. Ill Health 265 Contributing Factors. Maternity/Family 265 Contributing Factors. Dissatisfaction 265 Contributing Factors. Job Dissatisfaction 265 Contributing Factors. Interpersonal Conflict 265 Contributing Factors. Study 265 Contributing Factors. Travel 265 Contributing Factors. Other 265 Contributing Factors. NONE 265 Main Factor. Which of these was the main factor for leaving? 589 InstituteViews. Topic:1. I feel the senior leadership had a clear vision and direction 94 InstituteViews. Topic:2. I was given access to skills training to help me do my job better 89 InstituteViews. Topic:3. I was given adequate opportunities for personal development 92 InstituteViews. Topic:4. I was given adequate opportunities for promotion within %Institute]Q25LBL% 94 InstituteViews. Topic:5. I felt the salary for the job was right for the responsibilities I had 87 InstituteViews. Topic:6. The organisation recognised when staff did good work 95 InstituteViews. Topic:7. Management was generally supportive of me 88 InstituteViews. Topic:8. Management was generally supportive of my team 94 InstituteViews. Topic:9. I was kept informed of the changes in the organisation which would affect me 92 InstituteViews. Topic:10. Staff morale was positive within the Institute 100 InstituteViews. Topic:11. If I had a workplace issue it was dealt with quickly 101 InstituteViews. Topic:12. If I had a workplace issue it was dealt with efficiently 105 ... WorkUnitViews. Topic:25. My job allowed me to balance the demands of work and family to my satisfaction 91 WorkUnitViews. Topic:26. My supervisor gave me adequate personal recognition and feedback on my performance 96 WorkUnitViews. Topic:27. My working environment was satisfactory e.g. sufficient space, good lighting, suitable seating and working area 92 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 93 WorkUnitViews. Topic:29. There was adequate communication between staff in my unit 99 WorkUnitViews. Topic:30. Staff morale was positive within my work unit 96 Induction. Did you undertake Workplace Induction? 83 InductionInfo. Topic:Did you undertake a Corporate Induction? 270 InductionInfo. Topic:Did you undertake a Institute Induction? 219 InductionInfo. Topic: Did you undertake Team Induction? 262 InductionInfo. Face to Face Topic:Did you undertake a Corporate Induction; Category:How it was conducted? 147 InductionInfo. On-line Topic:Did you undertake a Corporate Induction; Category:How it was conducted? 147 InductionInfo. Induction Manual Topic:Did you undertake a Corporate Induction? 147 InductionInfo. Face to Face Topic:Did you undertake a Institute Induction? 172 InductionInfo. On-line Topic:Did you undertake a Institute Induction? 147 InductionInfo. Induction Manual Topic:Did you undertake a Institute Induction? 149 InductionInfo. Face to Face Topic: Did you undertake Team Induction; Category? 147 InductionInfo. On-line Topic: Did you undertake Team Induction?process you undertook and how it was conducted.] 147 InductionInfo. Induction Manual Topic: Did you undertake Team Induction? 147 Workplace. Topic:Did you and your Manager develop a Performance and Professional Development Plan (PPDP)? 94 Workplace. Topic:Does your workplace promote a work culture free from all forms of unlawful discrimination? 108 Workplace. Topic:Does your workplace promote and practice the principles of employment equity? 115 Workplace. Topic:Does your workplace value the diversity of its employees? 116 Workplace. Topic:Would you recommend the Institute as an employer to others? 121 Gender. What is your Gender? 106 CurrentAge. Current Age 106 Employment Type. Employment Type 106 Classification. Classification 106 LengthofServiceOverall. Overall Length of Service at Institute (in years) 106 LengthofServiceCurrent. Length of Service at current workplace (in years) 106 Length: 72, dtype: int64
From the exploration of the datasets above we observed the following:
Identifying Missing Values and Drop Unnecessary Columns
# Re-reading the dete_survey csv files again
dete_survey = pd.read_csv('dete_survey.csv', na_values = 'Not Stated')
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
# Dropping Unwanted Columns From dete_survey.csv
dete_survey_updated = dete_survey.drop(dete_survey.columns[28:49], axis=1)
# Dropping Unwanted Columns From tafe_survey.csv
tafe_survey_updated = tafe_survey.drop(tafe_survey.columns[17:66], axis=1)
# Confirming that both dataframes's columns were updated
print(dete_survey_updated.columns)
print(tafe_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') 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')
The changes made to update our dataframes was to drop unwanted columns from our datasets that are not usefull for our analysis and answering the problem statements.
Clean Column Names
# Clean the column names
dete_survey_updated.columns = dete_survey_updated.columns.str.replace(' ', '_').str.strip().str.lower()
# Check that the column names were updated correctly
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')
# Renaming the columns in the tafe_survey_updated dataframe.
col_renaming = {'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(col_renaming, axis=1)
# Check that the column names were updated correctly
tafe_survey_updated.columns
Index(['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. Dissatisfaction', 'Contributing Factors. Job Dissatisfaction', 'Contributing Factors. Interpersonal Conflict', 'Contributing Factors. Study', 'Contributing Factors. Travel', 'Contributing Factors. Other', 'Contributing Factors. NONE', 'gender', 'age', 'employment_status', 'position', 'institute_service', 'role_service'], dtype='object')
# Confirming the current state of dete_survey_updated
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
# Confirming the current state of tafe_survey_updated
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
We made changes to the column names of the dete_survey_updated dataframe by renaming the columns to be in a lowercase,replacing spaces with underscores and removing any trailing whitespace from the end of the strings.
We also updated some of the column names in tafe_survey_updated dataframe by replacing column names that has longer strings with short strings to avoid a cumbersome dataframe.
Filter The Data
# Reviewing The Unique Values for separationtype
# In dete_survey_updated dataframe.
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
# Reviewing The Unique Values for separationtype
# In tafe_survey_updated dataframe.
tafe_survey_updated['separationtype'].value_counts()
Resignation 340 Contract Expired 127 Retrenchment/ Redundancy 104 Retirement 82 Transfer 25 Termination 23 Name: separationtype, dtype: int64
# Updating The Three Resignation Separationtypes
# In dete_survey_updated dataframe.
dete_survey_updated['separationtype'] = dete_survey_updated['separationtype'].str.split('-').str[0]
# Confirming the new update in the separation column
# of dete_survey_updated dataframe.
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
# Select only the data for survey respondents
# who have a Resignation separation type in 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 updated the separation types column of dete_survey_updated dataframe because it contains multiple separation types with the string 'Resignation' and we have to account for each of these variatons so we don't unintentionally drop data.
Verify The Data
In this step, we'll focus on verifying that the years in the cease_date and dete_start_date columns make sense.
# Checking the unique values in the cease_date column.
dete_resignations['cease_date'].value_counts()
2012 126 2013 74 01/2014 22 12/2013 17 06/2013 14 09/2013 11 07/2013 9 11/2013 9 10/2013 6 08/2013 4 05/2012 2 05/2013 2 2010 1 09/2010 1 07/2012 1 07/2006 1 Name: cease_date, dtype: int64
# Extracting The Years Using Vectorized String Methods.
dete_resignations['cease_date'] = dete_resignations['cease_date'].str.split('/').str[-1]
dete_resignations['cease_date'] = dete_resignations['cease_date'].astype('float')
# Checking the unique values in the cease_date column.
dete_resignations['cease_date'].value_counts().sort_values()
2006.0 1 2010.0 2 2014.0 22 2012.0 129 2013.0 146 Name: cease_date, dtype: int64
# Checking the unique values in the dete_start_date column.
dete_resignations['dete_start_date'].value_counts().sort_values()
1963.0 1 1971.0 1 1972.0 1 1984.0 1 1977.0 1 1987.0 1 1975.0 1 1973.0 1 1982.0 1 1974.0 2 1983.0 2 1976.0 2 1986.0 3 1985.0 3 2001.0 3 1995.0 4 1988.0 4 1989.0 4 1991.0 4 1997.0 5 1980.0 5 1993.0 5 1990.0 5 1994.0 6 2003.0 6 1998.0 6 1992.0 6 2002.0 6 1996.0 6 1999.0 8 2000.0 9 2013.0 10 2009.0 13 2006.0 13 2004.0 14 2005.0 15 2010.0 17 2012.0 21 2007.0 21 2008.0 22 2011.0 24 Name: dete_start_date, dtype: int64
# Checking the unique values in the cease_date column.
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
We can verify:
Create A New Column
Now that we've verified the years in the dete_resignations dataframe, we'll use them to create a new column.
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 to calculate the length of time the employee spent in their workplace.
# Create an institute_service column in dete_resignations.
dete_resignations['institute_service'] = dete_resignations['cease_date'] - dete_resignations['dete_start_date']
# Verifying the first five rows of the new column.
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 in the dete_resignations dataframe in order to carry out our analysis because the tafe_resignations dataframe already contains a "service" column.
Identify Dissatisfied Employees
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.
# Viewing the values in
# the 'Contributing Factors. Dissatisfaction'
tafe_resignations['Contributing Factors. Dissatisfaction'].value_counts()
- 277 Contributing Factors. Dissatisfaction 55 Name: Contributing Factors. Dissatisfaction, dtype: int64
# Viewing the values in
# the 'Contributing Factors. Job Dissatisfaction'
tafe_resignations['Contributing Factors. Job Dissatisfaction'].value_counts()
- 270 Job Dissatisfaction 62 Name: Contributing Factors. Job Dissatisfaction, dtype: int64
# Create a function that will update tafe_resignations.
def update_vals(val):
if pd.isnull(val):
return np.nan
elif val == '-':
return False
else:
return True
tafe_resignations['dissatisfied'] = tafe_resignations[['Contributing Factors. Dissatisfaction','Contributing Factors. Job Dissatisfaction']].applymap(update_vals).any(axis=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
# Create a dissatisfied column in dete_resignations dataframes.
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(axis=1, skipna=False)
dete_resignations_up = dete_resignations.copy()
# Check the unique values after the updates
dete_resignations_up['dissatisfied'].value_counts(dropna=False)
False 162 True 149 Name: dissatisfied, dtype: int64
We've accomplished the following:
Combine The Data
Now, we're finally ready to combine our datasets! Our end goal is to aggregate the data according to the institute_service column.
# Add a column named institute to each dataframe.
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)
# Drop columns not needed for our analysis.
combined_updated = combined.dropna(thresh = 500, axis = 1).copy()
We added a new column named 'institute' to both of our updated dataframes with the values 'DETE' and 'TAFE' to their respective rows, we combined them together and then drop columns we don't need for our analysis.
Clean The Service Column
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:
# Check the unique values
combined_updated['institute_service'].value_counts(dropna=False)
NaN 88 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 0.0 20 3.0 20 6.0 17 4.0 16 2.0 14 9.0 14 7.0 13 More than 20 years 10 13.0 8 8.0 8 15.0 7 20.0 7 10.0 6 12.0 6 14.0 6 17.0 6 22.0 6 18.0 5 16.0 5 24.0 4 11.0 4 23.0 4 21.0 3 32.0 3 19.0 3 39.0 3 26.0 2 28.0 2 30.0 2 25.0 2 36.0 2 38.0 1 49.0 1 42.0 1 41.0 1 33.0 1 35.0 1 34.0 1 29.0 1 27.0 1 31.0 1 Name: institute_service, dtype: int64
# Extract years of service from each value in
# the institute_service column.
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()
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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
# Create a function that map each years
# to one of the career stages.
def map_service(val):
if val >= 11:
return 'Veteran'
elif 7 <= val <= 10:
return 'Established'
elif 3 <= val <= 6:
return 'Experienced'
elif pd.isnull(val):
return np.nan
else:
return 'New'
combined_updated['service_cat'] = combined_updated['institute_service_up'].apply(map_service)
# Check the new update.
combined_updated['service_cat'].value_counts()
New 193 Experienced 172 Veteran 136 Established 62 Name: service_cat, dtype: int64
We created a service_cat column, that categorizes employees according to the amount of years spent in their workplace:
Perform Initial Analysis
Finally, we'll replace the missing values in the dissatisfied column with the most frequent value, False. Then, we'll calculate the percentage of employees who resigned due to dissatisfaction in each service_cat group and plot the results.
Note that since we still have additional missing values left to deal with, this is meant to be an initial introduction to the analysis, not the final analysis.
# Check the number of True and False in the dissatified column.
combined_updated['dissatisfied'].value_counts(dropna=False)
False 403 True 240 NaN 8 Name: dissatisfied, dtype: int64
# Replace the missing values in the dissatified column.
# with the value that occurs most frequently.
combined_updated['dissatisfied'] = combined_updated['dissatisfied'].fillna(False)
# calculate the percentage of dissatisfied employees
# in each service_cat group.
percentage = combined_updated.pivot_table(values='dissatisfied',index='service_cat')
# Plot the results.
%matplotlib inline
percentage.plot(kind='bar', rot=30)
<matplotlib.axes._subplots.AxesSubplot at 0x7f3021222ef0>
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.