Research Guides: Human Resources & Organizational Behavior: Statistics

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Statista This link opens in a new window
Search for statistics, demographics, opinions, data series and studies on many topics and industries. Useful for all subject areas.
Historical Statistics of the United States This link opens in a new window
Search for and download historical statistics on the U.S.
Subjects: History, Population, Economy, Government
Info type: statistics, data series

Our World in Data
Open access site with thousands of charts drawn from research sources. Site is affiliated with the University of Oxford.
USA Facts
This site pulls together numbers and trends in government spending and results for local, state, and federal government.

Magic Numbers for Human Resource Management
Call Number: REF HF 5549 .B8735x 2006
Subtitled Basic Measures to Achieve Better Results, this guide book provides formulas and explanations of HR measurements for productivity, efficiency, staffing, learning, talent, and reward. Includes measures such as employee-engagement index, cost per hire, voluntary staff-turnover rate, retention rate of key employees, firm salary / competitor salary ratio, etc. GoogleBooks Preview

Bureau of Labor Statistics - U.S. Dept of Labor
BLS reports statistics on compensation and benefits, inflation, employment/unemployment, productivity, work safety, occupations, labor force demographics, and more.

Compares cities – for inflation over time see Consumer Price Index

Cost of Living Index
This source can be used to compare cost of living between two U.S. cities. EMU does not have a subscription to this. You can find some free info in press releases on the site.
Editor and Publisher Market Guide
This is a book at the library.
Latest issue 2010. 3rd Level HF5905 .E38

Does not compare places – to compare places, see Cost of Living

Bureau of Labor Statistics
For U.S. consumer price index
Coface Group Country Risk Assessments
160 country evaluations, drawn up on the basis of macroeconomic, financial and political data, are freely available. Regularly updated, they provide an estimate of the average credit risk on a country’s businesses.

The Value of a Dollar 1860-2019 by Laura Mars (Editor)
ISBN: 9781682179499
Publication Date: 2019
This sixth edition of the highly successful The Value of a Dollar records the actual prices of thousands of items that consumers purchased from the Civil War to the present, along with facts about investment options and income opportunities.

Bureau of Labor Statistics - U.S. Dept. of Labor
ADP National Employment Report
Manpower Employment Outlook Survey
The U.S. Manpower Group Employment Outlook Survey is a quarterly survey of more than 11,000 U.S. hiring managers who are asked about their hiring plans for the next three months. The results identify the strongest and weakest metropolitan areas, states and industries for hiring and pursuing jobs.
Economic Report of the President
The Economic Report of the President is an annual report written by the Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers. It overviews the nation's economic progress using text and extensive data appendices.
ILO Stat – International Labour Office
Trends in the Joblessness and Incarceration of Young Men - Congressional Budget Office Report
Cost of Motherhood on Women’s Employment and Earnings - Census
Women in the Michigan Workforce - 2021
Examines key information on the role of women in the workforce, addressing both recent challenges they have faced considering the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the longer-term gender disparities in the Michigan economy and labor market.
Survey of Working Arrangements and Attitudes (SWAA)
Monthly survey on topics related to remote working arrangements. Latest survey results are available in PDF on the site. To download data you may need to create a free account.

Conference Board - Business Knowledge Research This link opens in a new window
Search for term "compensation" to find.

Writing with Statistics - Purdue OWL
Provides some basics on descriptive and inferential statistics and tips on effective ways to integrate statistical information in your writing.

Presenting Your Findings: A Practical Guide for Creating Tables
Call Number: HA31 .N53 2010
Guidance on the proper table format in APA style for a wide range of statistical analyses.
Presenting Data: How to Communicate Your Message Effectively by Ed Swires-Hennessy
Publication Date: 2014
A clear easy-to-read guide to presenting your message using statistical data. The author presents numerous examples alongside an explanation of how improvements can be made and basic principles to adopt.