College

Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences

Date of Last Revision

2024-06-04 07:34:44

Major

Psychology

Honors Course

3750:498

Number of Credits

3

Degree Name

Bachelor of Science

Date of Expected Graduation

Spring 2024

Abstract

Companies, industries, and places of business use artificial intelligence and statistics to predict the characteristics of their employees and staff. Data collected from these individuals is also used to make decisions about them regarding their work life, such as promotions, salaries, or within the hiring process. Two models that are commonly used throughout the field of psychology and specifically in industrial/organizational psychology are the linear regression and the logistic regression. Examining different classification models using Python shows the potential that there may be different models that are more accurate in their predictions of employee success, including a Random Forest model and a LightGBM model, which is short for gradient boosting model. The comparison of these models provides evidence suggesting that the Random Forest model and the LightGBM model predict employee productivity more accurately than a traditional linear regression model or a logistic regression model.

Research Sponsor

James Diefendorff

First Reader

Meghan Thornton-Lugo

Second Reader

Andrea Snell

Honors Faculty Advisor

Charles Waehler

Proprietary and/or Confidential Information

No

Comments

Examining how classification models using Python in industrial/organizational psychology could be more accurate than a linear or logistic regression model in predicting employee productivity and success in the hiring process.

Consultant In This Project: Nedim Ceylan

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