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Re:Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo by ViktorV on Monday August 07, 2017 @11:31PM (#14953861)
I don't know what is the IQ of an average programmer, for my claim it's enough to state that it is over the average of the population. 130 was just a number, it doesn't really matter anyway ( for my claim ).
Re:Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo by joshuamorton on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @12:22AM (#14954253)
It absolutely does. If the claim is that men are more striated, it makes a big difference whether the bar is 105 or 145. In fact, it is core to the argument. If it's 105, then the difference won't be statistically significant. If it's 145, you'd practically expect only men.
Re:Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo by ViktorV on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @01:03AM (#14954544)
I was only talking about a possible statistical difference, which might be that significant. A quick search lead to a paper[1] which says the average is ~110, which is not insignificant. In my perception the 'left' side states that there is no other factor than bias against women ( or I haven't seen any other argument ). The original document here stated that sexism exist but there might be other factors too, and apparently that was a problem. [1] http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cde/cdewp/98-07.pdf