This question covers aspects and integration of personaldevelopment planning and data analysis skills towards professionalengineering competencies for employability.
Consider the data-set shown in Table 2, which is a subset ofemployment statistics for the UK from between 2009 and 2018. Forthe dates specified, the data records an estimate of the number ofthousands of engineering professionals, and of IT andTelecommunications professionals, classified according to sex.
Table 2?A subset of employment statistics for the UK from 2009until 2018
| Date | Sex | Total Thousands (000’s)employed |
|---|
| Engineering | IT & Telecoms |
|---|
| Apr-Jun 2009 | F | 36 | 56 |
| Apr-Jun 2009 | M | 431 | 420 |
| Apr-Jun 2010 | F | 32 | 67 |
| Apr-Jun 2010 | M | 460 | 421 |
| Apr-Jun 2011 | F | 27 | 120 |
| Apr-Jun 2011 | M | 395 | 651 |
| Apr-Jun 2012 | M | 392 | 675 |
| Apr-Jun 2012 | F | 23 | 120 |
| Apr-Jun 2013 | M | 398 | 738 |
| Apr-Jun 2014 | F | 32 | 124 |
| Apr-Jun 2015 | F | 42 | 171 |
| Apr-Jun 2015 | M | 426 | 758 |
| Apr-Jun 2016 | F | 37 | 173 |
| Apr-Jun 2016 | M | 438 | 777 |
| Apr-Jun 2017 | F | 48 | 155 |
| Apr-Jun 2018 | F | 58 | 165 |
| Apr-Jun 2018 | M | 433 | 834 |
Source:https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/datasets/employmentbyoccupationemp04
- Imagine that you have been invited to a job interview where youwill be asked to give a presentation to a non-expert audience. Inadvance of the interview you are sent the data in Table 2.
- i.By use of appropriate representation identify and show threesignificant correlations or trends in the data, and suggest reasonsfor these trends. Include your representation as part of youranswer, together with descriptions of the three correlations ortrends you have identified.
- ii.Comment on the reliability of your observations of thetrends in the data.
