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Vi ali ing Emplo ee Di er i U ing
Treemap
Plea e e he - a da d d e da e.
The p rpo e of hi a ignmen i o gi e o prac ice orking i h rec r i e da a r c re and ri ing
ec r i e f nc ion .
Y k al e hi a ig e .
In rod c ion
Some of he mo l cra i e en r -le el job in he U.S. are a echnolog companie in Silicon Valle . In re-
cen ear , grea er a en ion ha been paid o he her all people ho po e he kill , regardle of gen-
der or race, ha e an eq al oppor ni in being hired for he e ech job . The Ne York Time call hi
a e of affair Silicon Valle di er i problem, hile The G ardian refe
ed o Silicon Valle a Segre-
ga ed Valle in one ar icle. The lack of di er i in Silicon Valle ech companie ha pro en
ornl
per i en and ma ha e a n mber of ca e .
A hi q e ion ha recei ed grea er a en ion, re earcher and polic maker ha e beg n o collec da a o
e amine he c
en a e of affair more q an i a i el . For e ample, he U.S. Eq al Emplo men Oppor-
ni Commi ion (EEOC) collec ed emplo men di er i da a from a n mber of companie a EEO-1
Repor . Thi da a ho ed ha orkforce di er i a Silicon Valle ech firm a q i e differen han a
non- ech firm in Silicon Valle .
The da a cience i e Kaggle p bli hed da a from 22 Silicon Valle companie EEO-1 repor , enabling
an one o in e iga e he di er i of he e companie orkforce . Thi par ic lar da a e a collec ed
Re eal from The Cen er for In e iga i e Repor ing and relea ed nder an ODbl licen e.
While hi da a i modera el in ere ing a a pread hee , i ake ome caref l d o ge a en e of he
di er i a a par ic lar compan . Ra her han ing a pread hee , he mmar da a can be repre en ed
hierarchicall a a ee, here each b-di i ion i a node in he ree. For e ample, belo e ho he
n mber of emplo ee ho iden if a male and female a each of he 22 companie in he da a e . Thi ree
epre en j a par of he da a ( mming o er all race and all job ca egorie ). Each node con ain he
co n of emplo ee mmed acro i children node . For e ample, he roo node con ain XXXXXXXXXXem-
plo ee , hich i he m of he n mber of emplo ee a he 22 differen companie . 23andMe ha 297
emplo ee , 148 of hom iden if a male and 149 of hom iden if a female.
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23andMe: 297
male: 148
female: 149
Adobe: 7162
male: 4859
female: 2303
Ai bnb: 1917
male: 1095
female: 822
Apple: 77192
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│ ├──male: 53456
│ │
│ └──female: 23736
│
├──Cisco: 37526
│ │
│ ├──male: 27681
│ │
│ └──female: 9845
│
├──eBay: 6611
│ │
│ ├──male: 4238
│ │
│ └──female: 2373
│
├──Facebook: 11241
│ │
│ ├──male: 7676
│ │
│ └──female: 3565
│
├──Google: 46760
│ │
│ ├──male: 33120
│ │
│ └──female: 13640
│
├──HP Inc.: 13613
│ │
│ ├──male: 9393
│ │
│ └──female: 4220
│
├──HPE: 51989
│ │
│ ├──male: 34794
│ │
│ └──female: 17195
│
├──Intel: 54135
│ │
│ ├──male: 40084
│ │
│ └──female: 14051
│
├──Intuit: 5911
│ │
│ ├──male: 3373
│ │
│ └──female: 2538
│
├──LinkedIn: 6655
│ │
│ ├──male: 3978
│ │
│ └──female: 2677
│
├──Lyft: 1433
│ │
│ ├──male: 824
│ │
│ └──female: 609
│
├──MobileIron: 506
│ │
│ ├──male: 350
│ │
│ └──female: 156
│
├──Nvidia: 5348
│ │
│
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male: 4429
female: 919
Pin e e : 944
male: 537
female: 407
Sale fo ce: 14716
male: 10019
female: 4697
Sq a e: 1711
male: 1119
female: 592
T i e : 2952
male: 1908
female: 1044
Ube : 5885
male: 4149
female: 1736
Vie : 460
male: 382
female: 78
Each node i labeled b he par ic lar b-di i ion (e.g., male or female). No e ha e added a roo node
i h no label o ie he ca egorie oge her in o a ingle ree.
While hi ree repre en a ion help o make compari on , once e add in he o her fac or (job i le
and race), he da a ill be liced in ch a a ha e ill lack an in i i e en e of he rela i e di er i a
he differen companie . I o ld be m ch be er o ee a i al repre en a ion of he da a, hich i he
ole informa ion i ali a ion pla in comp ing and in da a cience.
Ho can e i ali e hi informa ion in an effec i e a ? We can e Treemap , hich are an e cellen
ool for i ali ing hierarchical da a. Here, for e ample, i a reemap of gender di er i acro he 22
companie :
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Treemap of gender di er i acro companie
Looking a he da a in hi form, e can immedia el ee he propor ion of male and female a each com-
pan , a ell a ho differen Silicon Valle ech companie compare o each o her in erm of gender di-
er i . The reemap al o i ali e he rela i e i e of he orkforce a each compan