{"id":5119,"date":"2023-06-14T23:11:36","date_gmt":"2023-06-14T22:11:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marriott-stats.com\/nigels-blog\/?p=5119"},"modified":"2023-06-26T13:04:16","modified_gmt":"2023-06-26T12:04:16","slug":"my-review-of-uk-government-ethnicity-pay-gap-reporting-guidance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marriott-stats.com\/nigels-blog\/my-review-of-uk-government-ethnicity-pay-gap-reporting-guidance\/","title":{"rendered":"Pay Gaps #29 &#8211; Government Guidance on Ethnicity Pay Gap Reporting &#8211; My thoughts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two months ago, the Department for Business &amp; Trade (<strong>DfB&amp;T<\/strong>) in collaboration with the Equality Hub (<strong>EqHub<\/strong>) and Race Disparity Unit (<strong>RDU<\/strong>) published <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/ethnicity-pay-reporting-guidance-for-employers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ethnicity pay reporting: guidance for employers<\/a>.<\/strong>\u00a0 This is &#8220;<em>guidance for employers on how to measure, report on and address any ethnicity pay differences within their workforce<\/em>&#8221; and fulfills Action 16 of the government&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/inclusive-britain-action-plan-government-response-to-the-commission-on-race-and-ethnic-disparities\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Inclusive Britain action plan<\/a>.\u00a0 I was asked to write the draft version of this guidance and I have to confess to being disappointed with the final version published.\u00a0 I will explain why I am disappointed and why I have decided to publish <a href=\"https:\/\/marriott-stats.com\/nigels-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Turn-ethnicity-pay-gap-data-into-insights-and-actions-BEIS-guidance-v5.1-DRAFT.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an edited version of my draft<\/a> as well.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>4 Years to Publication<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p>Here is a chronology of my role in the publication of this guidance.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>June 2019<\/strong> &#8211; I give evidence to the <a href=\"https:\/\/marriott-stats.com\/nigels-blog\/gender-pay-gap-treasury-committee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Treasury Select Committee on &#8220;Effectiveness of Gender Pay Gap Reporting&#8221;<\/a>.\u00a0 The last question was about Ethnicity.<\/li>\n<li><strong>November 2020<\/strong> &#8211; Kemi Badenoch, who was Minister for Equalities at the time, contacts me to discuss Ethnicity Pay Gap Reporting (<strong>EPGR<\/strong>) after seeing my select committee appearance.\u00a0 I also speak with her shadows within the Labour party and Liberal Democrats.<\/li>\n<li><strong>December 2020<\/strong> &#8211; I submit my views on EPGR to the Commissi0n for Racial &amp; Ethnic Disparities (<strong>CRED<\/strong>) <a href=\"https:\/\/marriott-stats.com\/nigels-blog\/ethnicity-pay-gap-reporting-using-income-quarters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">where I propose an approach described in this blog<\/a> at the time.\u00a0 I recommend reading this as it was the basis of my draft version of the guidance for DfB&amp;T and is a short snappy summary of how to analyse ethnicity pay gaps.<\/li>\n<li><strong>March 2021<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/the-report-of-the-commission-on-race-and-ethnic-disparities\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CRED report is published<\/a> and recommendation 9 is for DfB&amp;T produce guidance for employers who want to undertake EPGR.\u00a0 CRED stop short of recommending mandatory EPGR.\u00a0 Over next few months I have 2 more meetings with Kemi Badenoch to discuss EPGR.<\/li>\n<li><strong>July 2021<\/strong> &#8211; I have my first discussion with DfB&amp;T personnel about what an EPGR guidance document would have to cover.<\/li>\n<li><strong>September 2021<\/strong> &#8211; I give<a href=\"https:\/\/marriott-stats.com\/nigels-blog\/my-response-to-cred-recommendation-re-ethnicity-pay-gaps\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> my views on the CRED recommendations after exploring what ethnic categories could be reported<\/a> in more detail.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sept\/Oct 2021<\/strong> &#8211; Ahead of 2 debates in Parliament, I<a href=\"https:\/\/marriott-stats.com\/nigels-blog\/ethnicity-pay-gap-reporting-briefing-note-for-parliamentary-debate-20-september-2021\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> write a 9-point briefing note on the issues with EPGR<\/a> that have to be considered.\u00a0 I also summarise and give my thoughts on the <a href=\"https:\/\/marriott-stats.com\/nigels-blog\/ethnicity-pay-gap-reporting-parliamentary-debate-20-september-2021\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Commons debate<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/marriott-stats.com\/nigels-blog\/ethnicity-pay-gap-reporting-parliamentary-debate-26-october-2021\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lords debate<\/a> that take place.<\/li>\n<li><strong>December 2021<\/strong> &#8211; I am invited to tender for the contract to write a draft version of the EPGR guidance for employers and am successful.<\/li>\n<li><strong>February 2022<\/strong> &#8211; I write and deliver a first draft of the guidance to DfB&amp;T.<\/li>\n<li><strong>March 2022<\/strong> &#8211; The government publishes its response to the CRED report in the form <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/inclusive-britain-action-plan-government-response-to-the-commission-on-race-and-ethnic-disparities\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a 76 point action plan called <strong>Inclusive Britain.<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0 Action 16 commits DfB&amp;T to write an employer guidance document for EPGR.<\/li>\n<li><strong>May 2022<\/strong> &#8211; Two rounds of consultation take place with interested employers who have read my first version.\u00a0 I realise there are <strong>3 distinct audiences<\/strong> among employers which I discuss in the next section.<\/li>\n<li><strong>July 2022<\/strong> &#8211; The RDU publish <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/consultations\/standards-for-ethnicity-data\/standards-for-ethnicity-data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a draft guidance for analysing data by ethnicity<\/a> which I particularly like as it echoed much of what was in my draft guidance.\u00a0 I was part of a Royal Statistical Society working group who <a href=\"https:\/\/rss.org.uk\/news-publication\/news-publications\/2022\/general-news\/rss-responds-to-consultation-on-standards-for-ethn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gave a positive and constructive response<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0However, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/standards-for-ethnicity-data\/standards-for-ethnicity-data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the final version published in April 2023<\/a> has been edited in a way that makes it less easy to read.<\/li>\n<li><strong>October 2022<\/strong> &#8211; I deliver version 5 of my draft guidance.\u00a0 This marks the end of my involvement as I am not asked to help with the editing of the final version.<\/li>\n<li><strong>April 2023<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/ethnicity-pay-reporting-guidance-for-employers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The final version is published<\/a> over 6 months later than expected.<\/li>\n<li><strong>June 2023<\/strong> &#8211; I decide to publish a slightly edited <a href=\"https:\/\/marriott-stats.com\/nigels-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Turn-ethnicity-pay-gap-data-into-insights-and-actions-BEIS-guidance-v5.1-DRAFT.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">version 5.1 of the draft EPGR guidance here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>The 3 Audiences for EPGR Guidance<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p>DfB&amp;T original plan was to consult with employers before I wrote the 1st draft.\u00a0 This became difficult to organise for a number of reasons and so I was asked to write an initial version and then revise after consultation.\u00a0 This meant I erred on the side of putting too much detail rather than too little in the first draft so I fully expected to get feedback that it was too detailed.<\/p>\n<p>In the event, the feedback was more varied than I expected.\u00a0 Three distinct audiences emerged &#8211;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Those who want to undertake EPGR<\/strong> &#8211; their feedback was good and they quite liked the detailed draft.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Those who were curious about EPGR<\/strong> &#8211; feedback was still good but my first draft was too long and too detailed for this audience.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Those who want to copy &amp; paste GPGR<\/strong> &#8211; they are comfortable with the gender pay gap reporting methodology and think it can be reused with ethnicity.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Anyone who has read my blogs will know I have been adamant that one cannot in any shape or form copy and paste gender to ethnicity.\u00a0 This was<a href=\"https:\/\/marriott-stats.com\/nigels-blog\/ethnicity-pay-gap-reporting-briefing-note-for-parliamentary-debate-20-september-2021\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> the very 1st point of my 9-point briefing note to Parliament<\/a> but it would appear too many organisations do not understand the data and statistical reasons why this is the case.\u00a0 From the consultation, it was clear the following organisations were in the copy and paste camp.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>CIPD Chartered Institute of Personal Development<\/li>\n<li>Fawcett Society<\/li>\n<li>Business in the Community<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I knew I could produce a revised draft that would work for the first two audiences but the copy and paste audience needed a different approach.\u00a0 I advocated for some training, webinars, talks or videos explaining why copy and paste cannot work but I was not successful.\u00a0 When it became clear I would not be involved in the final editing I feared the above organisations would lobby for copy and paste on the grounds employers were familiar with this and would find it &#8220;easier&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>This is exactly what happened.\u00a0 In the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/ethnicity-pay-reporting-guidance-for-employers\/introduction-and-overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Introduction &amp; Overview section of the final version<\/a>, here is what the 7th paragraph says &#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>&#8220;Much of this guidance \u2013 including the methodology for the calculations \u2013 mirrors the approach set out in the guidance for gender pay gap reporting. This should help employers to avoid having to run different processes to collect pay data for both sets of calculations.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This is misconceived and pretty much guarantees that employers will not be able to make head or tail of the calculations.\u00a0 I know from my own experience employers already struggle mightily with gender pay gap reporting using this methodology so why should they be able to do a better job with the more complex characteristic of ethnicity?<\/p>\n<h5><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Outline of Final Version April 2023<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>The final EPGR guidance to employers has been broken down into 6 separate pages on .GOV as follows &#8211;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/ethnicity-pay-reporting-guidance-for-employers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Home page<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/ethnicity-pay-reporting-guidance-for-employers\/introduction-and-overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Introduction &amp; Overview<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/ethnicity-pay-reporting-guidance-for-employers\/understanding-and-reporting-your-data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Understanding &amp; Reporting your Data<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/ethnicity-pay-reporting-guidance-for-employers\/collecting-ethnicity-data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Collecting Ethnicity Data<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/ethnicity-pay-reporting-guidance-for-employers\/preparing-your-payroll-data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Preparing your Payroll Data<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/ethnicity-pay-reporting-guidance-for-employers\/making-your-calculations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Making your Calculations<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-5189 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/marriott-stats.com\/nigels-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/EPGR-Making-Calculations-subsection-headings.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"206\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/marriott-stats.com\/nigels-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/EPGR-Making-Calculations-subsection-headings.png 241w, https:\/\/marriott-stats.com\/nigels-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/EPGR-Making-Calculations-subsection-headings-92x300.png 92w, https:\/\/marriott-stats.com\/nigels-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/EPGR-Making-Calculations-subsection-headings-107x350.png 107w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The longest section by far is the last page <strong>Making Your Calculations<\/strong>.\u00a0 I have already fed back to DfB&amp;T that this needs to be split into 2 or 3 separate pages as it is way too long and confusing to navigate.\u00a0 The full list of subheadings for this page is on the right here but broadly they cover these themes &#8211;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>How to choose ethnic categories and aggregate ethnicities into categories for your analysis.<\/li>\n<li>How to refer to aggregated categories<\/li>\n<li>Calculating and presenting pay quarter breakdowns<\/li>\n<li>How to present results for those employees who do not disclose their ethnicity<\/li>\n<li>Calculating mean and median ethnicity hourly pay gaps<\/li>\n<li>Calculating mean and median ethnicity bonus pay gaps<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>As I make clear in the next section, I strongly recommend you do not bother to read and perform calculations 2, 3, 7 &amp; 8 from the list to the right.<\/p>\n<h5><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">My Comments on Final Version<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>DfB&amp;T have assured me that what is published will be reviewed in a year&#8217;s time and changes will be made following feedback from employers.\u00a0 So whilst I am disappointed with the final version, there is hope that changes will be made going forward.<\/p>\n<p>My disappointment is the result of 2 major issues.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1 &#8211; Copying &amp; Pasting the pay &amp; bonus gap calculations from GPGR<\/strong> &#8211; The key calculation is of course the <strong>pay quarter breakdown by ethnicity<\/strong> but anyone reading the guidance will see one sub heading for this from the list above and then 6 more sub headings for the actionless and pointless mean and median pay and bonus gap statistics.\u00a0 Naturally, readers will then infer those pay gap stats are the most important and will very likely overlook the pay quarter breakdowns.\u00a0 In my draft version, I had 4 sub headings for pay quarter breakdowns and 1 sub headings for mean and medians which didn&#8217;t even include anything on pay gaps.\u00a0 The chance to get employers to focus on pay quarter breakdowns and ethnicity representations has been lost here because the copy and paste gang wanted what they thought would be an easier way, not understanding that it actually makes things much harder.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2 &#8211; The Complete Lack of any Worked Examples &#8211;<\/strong> This was something I was aware could be an issue from the start.\u00a0 The style guide for graphics on the .GOV website is exceptionally severe and basically means one cannot have graphics and tables on .GOV.\u00a0 The explanation for this is accessibility for disabled people which I find ironic given that I am deafblind.\u00a0 In the event, the lack of graphics and tables actually ends up making the guidance inaccessible to employers.\u00a0 I was hoping I could persuade DfB&amp;T to include links to PDF downloads of worked examples but I have not been successful.\u00a0 It is this point which made me decide to publish my draft version of the guidance on my blog since it includes numerous worked examples to illustrate concepts and calculations.<\/p>\n<p>There is a 3rd issue I want to mention but it is not as pressing as the above two.\u00a0 It is the following passage found in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/ethnicity-pay-reporting-guidance-for-employers\/collecting-ethnicity-data#collecting-employee-ethnicity-data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">part 3 Collecting Your Data<\/a>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>&#8220;The Race Disparity Unit <a class=\"govuk-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/standards-for-ethnicity-data\">provides guidance<\/a>\u00a0on collecting ethnicity data which is relevant to any employer who wants to analyse their ethnicity pay. This guidance recommends using the Government Statistical Service (GSS)\u00a0<a class=\"govuk-link\" href=\"https:\/\/analysisfunction.civilservice.gov.uk\/policy-store\/ethnicity-harmonised-standard\/\" rel=\"external\">harmonised standards for collecting someone\u2019s ethnicity.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Using the harmonised standards can help:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><em>ensure comparability across different data collections produced by the government and other employers that use harmonised categories<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>derive more useful statistics that give people a greater level of understanding<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>employers be consistent with their calculations in different time periods&#8221;<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This is more prescriptive than I wrote in the draft.\u00a0 It defaults to using the census categories as the ethnicities for employees to choose from on the grounds of comparability.\u00a0 This is actually lifted from <a href=\"https:\/\/rss.org.uk\/news-publication\/news-publications\/2022\/general-news\/rss-responds-to-consultation-on-standards-for-ethn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the RDU guide to analysing ethnicity data that the Royal Statistical Society critiqued back in July 2022<\/a>.\u00a0 We pointed out that comparability is very much a public sector thing but there is no reason why the private sector should prioritise comparability.\u00a0 In my draft, I tried to encourage employers to talk to their employees to find out how they see ethnicity and use that as the basis for their categorisation.\u00a0 As I have said before (<a href=\"https:\/\/marriott-stats.com\/nigels-blog\/how-uk-gender-pay-gap-regulations-should-be-changed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">see point 2 of my 7+5 recommendations for improving pay gap reporting<\/a>), the only comparison employers should be doing is where they are today with where they were in the past and where they want to be in the future.<\/p>\n<p>Not everything is bad.\u00a0 After all, I wrote the draft and some parts have been kept wholesale.\u00a0 In particular I&#8217;d like to commend and see spread more widely <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/ethnicity-pay-reporting-guidance-for-employers\/understanding-and-reporting-your-data#understanding-your-pay-calculation-results\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">section 1 of page 2 <strong>Understanding your Pay Calculation Results<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 This is well written and lists many of the questions employers should be asking themselves.\u00a0 It also cements a point I wanted to see which was the concept of <strong>Minimum Category Sizes<\/strong>.\u00a0 My recommendation of a minimum of around 20 for internal reporting and around 50 for external reporting have been retained and are mentioned in this section.<\/p>\n<h5><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Outline of My Draft Version<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>My main reason for publishing an edited version 5.1 of my final draft version 5.0 here on my blog is because the final version includes no Worked Examples at all.\u00a0 The draft spends more time explaining why pay quarter breakdowns should be front and centre and why the mean and median pay gap statistics add no information or value.\u00a0 In the PDF document link below, page 2 explains what edits have been made in version 5.1 which are mostly me removing some stuff relevant to DfB&amp;T rather than employers.\u00a0 My draft also included sections without text since these were placeholders to enable text written by other people to be inserted.\u00a0 I have retained these where necessary so that the layout of the draft still makes sense.<\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #993300;\" href=\"https:\/\/marriott-stats.com\/nigels-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Turn-ethnicity-pay-gap-data-into-insights-and-actions-BEIS-guidance-v5.1-DRAFT.pdf\">Turn ethnicity pay gap data into insights and actions &#8211; BEIS guidance &#8211; v5.1 DRAFT<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p>Here is a list of the main headings in draft versions 5.0\/5.1.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>PART 1 \u2013 ENGAGING YOUR EMPLOYEES<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>This is all about setting the scene before you start collecting data.\u00a0 Whilst I am happy with what I wrote here, particularly part 1.3, I do not regard myself as an expert in employee engagement (part 1.1) &amp; continuous improvement (part 1.2) and I urged DfB&amp;T to seek feedback from more experienced people than me in this field.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"color: #993300;\">The importance of employee engagement<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Why pay gap reporting is continuous improvement<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Answers to common questions asked by employees<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>PART 2 \u2013 COLLECT YOUR DATA<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>This is all about data collection, categorisation and aggregation.\u00a0 I was able to write this using the benefit of my professional expertise in this area but there are some parts around data protection where I asked DfB&amp;T to seek expert advice on.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Can you reuse your GPG Reporting data file?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Choosing a list of Ethnicities for your employees to select from<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #993300;\">How to collect and record the Ethnicities of your employees<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #993300;\">How to aggregate Ethnicities into Ethnic Categories<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>PART 3 \u2013 TURN YOUR DATA INTO INSIGHTS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>This is the statistical analysis heart of the guidance and is based on my 30+ years experience of helping non-statisticians in all industries around the world draw conclusions from data using statistical thinking.\u00a0 I decided to split this into 2 parts, part 3A listing essential calculations and part 3B describing more advanced calculations that employers could choose to do if they wished.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>PART 3A \u2013 Basic calculations<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Calculate and interpret your Pay Quarter Breakdown (PQB) by Ethnic Category<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Calculate and interpret your Overall Breakdown by Ethnic Category<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Which representation gap is more important?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Do you see the same or different narrative in different parts of your employer?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>PART 3B \u2013 (Optional) Advanced calculations<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>PART 4 \u2013 TURN YOUR INSIGHTS INTO ACTIONS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>It was always the plan that part 4 would be written by someone with more relevant experience than me as this part is not notably statistical in nature.\u00a0 I still wrote something to act as placeholders and I have kept these in my edited draft but they should not be read as gospel.<\/p>\n<p>I hope you find my draft version easier to read and use.\u00a0 I would love to receive feedback on this <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/marriott-stats.com\/contact-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">so please do contact me directly<\/a> <\/strong>if you would like to do this.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5><strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">&#8212; 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