IDS publishes guide to selecting salary surveys

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IDS publishes guide to selecting salary surveys

Most organisations rely on salary surveys to maintain a competitive pay and benefit position, thus enabling them to attract and retain people of the quality they need. But surveys are frequently very expensive and of widely varying content, presentation and quality. To help you choose a survey which meets your information needs Incomes Data Services has published an essential aid to understanding salary surveys.

Using salary surveys is all about judgement. No survey will make decisions for you, so you need to be careful to select the right survey for your organisation's needs. Written in plain English, this 41-page IDS publication explains the all the terminology and the issues surrounding salary surveys.

What you will find in this IDS publication:

From calculating medians to interpreting the tables in surveys, from explaining regression lines to points to watch for in selecting a survey, the publication covers:

the basics of statistics and some definitions

survey sampling and job matching issues

presentation of survey results

the operation of club surveys

applying survey results to your organisation's practice

a glossary of terms and checklist to help in assessing survey data.

Want to know more?

Title: Understanding Salary Surveys, Incomes Data Services.

Availability: Call IDS customer services in London, tel: 020 7324 2599.

Incomes Data Services is an independent research organisation providing information and analysis on pay, conditions, pensions, employment law and personnel policy and practice in the UK and rest of Europe. For more information jump to www.incomesdata.co.uk