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Appendix C: Proposed Pilot Tests of Compensation Data Collection
Pages 131-134

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From page 131...
... The process of contracting with an independent contractor would also give EEOC a strong incentive to make the plan for data use sufficiently comprehensive so that the potential contractors for the pilot would develop competitive study designs and plans for analysis of the results. The first priority of the microdata pilot test would be to assess the availability and retrievability of data items of interest for individual employees.
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From page 132...
... In addition to annual and hourly wages, the pilot would collect a number of core demographic variables by the present EEO-1 categories using an annual wage measure in order to test targeting firms for enforcement purposes. To the extent it is possible, the pilot should also collect additional variables that could help to explain the equal opportunity environment in the establishment and the possible influence of these variables on wage differences that may be observed.
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From page 133...
... In prototyping a report that permitted statistical screening using grouped data techniques, the contractor would also be directed to experiment with tabulations that controlled for birth and hire date. Once again, the goal would be to produce standardized enhancements to the EEO-1 report that properly integrated the relevant data on standardized wage rates, birth dates, and hire dates with the other data used to compute the EEO-1 report.
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From page 134...
... Because of the complexity of these calculations, and the difficulty of interpreting the raw report data, the contractor would be used to develop an electronic reporting format that the agency could then use for preliminary screening of the EEO-1 reports. The electronic reporting format, encompassing the audited formulas, could then be implemented by integration into payroll and human resource management software reporting systems, just as the option to produce the current EEO-1 report has been incorporated into such products.
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  • wage rates
  • human resource
  • audited formulas
  • conditional means
  • revenue service

  • internal revenue
  • birth date
  • sample files
  • reporting format
  • employer earnings

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  • adversely compromise
  • payroll record
  • standardized enhancements

  • quality assessment
  • statistical integrity
  • management software
  • compliance offices
  • standardized earnings


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