Patent ID: 8473320
Filing Date: 2013-06-25
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for computing a correlation coefficient for a pair of occupations as an indication of transferability of workers between the occupations comprising: providing a computer to perform computations; selecting the pair of occupations; for each occupation in a set of occupations: accessing, with the computer, data in the matrix; computing, with the computer, a correlation coefficient for the pair of occupations by correlating the composite attribute value for the pair of occupations by the following formula: wherein: X and Y represent two vectors in a set, S k , of scores for the x th and y th occupations in a set of occupations; where both x and y run from 1 to N, where N is the number of occupations in the set of occupations and x and y are composite attribute values assigned to each occupation; k is a value indicating a Level assigned to an individual worker attribute; x i a X; y i a Y; i=1, 2, . . . N k ; is the mean value of the X vector and is the mean value of the Y vector normalizing the correlation coefficients on a scale of 1 to 100; adjusting the normalized correlation coefficients by producing a report of the correlation coefficients for all pairs of occupations in the set to indicate transferability of workers, indicated by a value of the correlation coefficients, between the occupations, wherein a mathematical summary of Level values of work relevant attributes of the individual worker are compiled and adjusted based on multiple occupations that the individual worker performed.