Re:Why I won’t give talks about being a woman in tech
by drdeca on Wednesday July 20, 2016 @12:05PM
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Not that it likely impacts your point much, but does this adjust for population sizes?
Re:Why I won’t give talks about being a woman in tech
by Tcepsa on Wednesday July 20, 2016 @02:40PM
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I totally misinterpreted the data; for some reason I assumed it was the number of students from each group that scored above some threshold, rather than the average score of that group.
My calculations are completely garbage, and I would withdraw the comment but it looks like I can't at this point.
Re:Why I won’t give talks about being a woman in tech
by tzs on Wednesday July 20, 2016 @12:59PM
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Aren't you making a big assumption about linearity?
Re:Why I won’t give talks about being a woman in tech
by Tcepsa on Wednesday July 20, 2016 @02:42PM
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I think it's more that I totally misinterpreted the data. For some reason I assumed it was the number of students from each group that scored above some threshold, rather than the average score of that group.
My calculations are completely garbage, and I would withdraw the comment but it looks like I can't at this point.
- Asian/Pacific Islander = 29.6%
- White = 26.4%
- Mexican American = 22.8%
- Black = 22.1%
- Men = 51.6%
- Women = 48.4%
In other words, roughly equal numbers of all of the demographics (specifically _not_ an overwhelming majority of White Men).
So even if your argument were valid it seriously undermines your point.