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Re:Google Finds It’s Underpaying Many Men as It Addresses Wa... by sajacy on Sunday May 23, 2021 @09:24AM (#27254850)
The source [Google post](https://www.blog.google/inside-google/company-announcements/...) says “ men were flagged for adjustments because they received less discretionary funds than women” so your 50/50 split of n is the most aggressive way to interpret that information.

More likely, we should interpret that to mean that men were found to be more likely to be underpaid (n_men > N_men), and that the appropriate comparison of variance (finding outliers) among men versus women was performed.

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Re:Google Finds It’s Underpaying Many Men as It Addresses Wa... by teachingassist on Sunday May 23, 2021 @09:42AM (#27254935)
> your 50/50 split of n is the most aggressive way to interpret that information.

I'm satisfied with that choice.

Given that Google are here quoting this stat in the press (with the 50/50 implication) to defend themselves against an inequality suit, without actually giving us the figures, I assume that this is the best spin that Google can put on it.

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