A statistician went duck hunting. His first shot was a foot high. His second shot was a foot low. When asked about it he said, On average, that's a dead duck.

A statistician went duck hunting. His first shot was a foot high. His second shot was a foot low. When asked about it he said, On average, that's a dead duck. As I said, there are markets, large markets like ad auctions, where this approach makes sense. But for HR, I'd have to see this being a demonstrable success story before I'd touch it. I think there are better and easier approaches to retention like treating your employees well rather than looking at a statistics dashboard and following its sage if soul-less advice.