U.S. pay gap by sex by occupation

Re:U.S. pay gap by sex by occupation by RA_Fisher on Monday September 14, 2015 @01:23AM (#10213740)

I'm sorry you feel that way. I sincerely find it very informative. Before I got first glimpse of it, I thought there would be at least 10-15 professions where women edged out men.

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Re:U.S. pay gap by sex by occupation by Kalium on Monday September 14, 2015 @01:25AM (#10213745)

This isn't just a feeling. The existence of phenomenon such as Simpson's Paradox mean that this is something that any data analysis must be very careful about. Presentations of aggregate data are particularly vulnerable.

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Re:U.S. pay gap by sex by occupation by RA_Fisher on Monday September 14, 2015 @01:45AM (#10213771)

I'm very well aware of Simpson's paradox, it was why I wanted to look at the data broken down by occupation in the first place. :)

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Re:U.S. pay gap by sex by occupation by Kalium on Monday September 14, 2015 @01:46AM (#10213777)

I submit that occupational category may be too high a level of aggregation.

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