Study: Women performed better on a math test when using someone else's name

Re:Study: Women performed better on a math test when using s... by DanBC on Tuesday July 02, 2013 @11:16AM (#5978330)

christianpascu is asking for the citation! They made an observation, and asked if there was any evidence to support that.

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Re:Study: Women performed better on a math test when using s... by cristianpascu on Tuesday July 02, 2013 @05:11PM (#5980768)

That was exactly my point. I am well aware of our propensity to biased personal conclusions. Many times I have been contradicted in my beliefs by actual data.

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Re:Study: Women performed better on a math test when using s... by glomph on Tuesday July 02, 2013 @11:59AM (#5978695)

Making a sexist remark and asking for someone else to provide the evidence is not acceptable.

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Re:Study: Women performed better on a math test when using s... by DanBC on Tuesday July 02, 2013 @05:03PM (#5980725)

I gently agree, except they did qualify their sexist remark. They are saying "This might be wrong; I don't have anything to support it; is there anything to support it?" which is a lot better than saying "Women can't do X because Y. Prove me wrong."

> I suspect that although there is clearly no reason to believe

and

> Is anyone aware of studies conducted on differences (if there are any)

[emphasis added]

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