2006-08-09 Debunking the Upper Tail
<hide> <let name=data index=Date>2006-08-09}}{{#vardefine:Topics|\gender disparity}}{{#vardefine:keylist|{{#var:keylist}}\Topics}}{{#vardefine:Topics.disp|\gender disparity}} <let name=data index=URL>http://scienceblogs.com/purepedantry/2006/08/debunking_the_upper_tail_more_1.php}}{{#vardefine:Title%7CDebunking the Upper Tail: More on the Gender Disparity}}{{#vardefine:keylist|{{#var:keylist}}\Title}}{{#vardefine:Title.disp|Debunking the Upper Tail: More on the Gender Disparity}}{{#vardefine:Text|“Some of the commenters brought up the issue of the upper tail, and I want to talk about that specifically. It has been suggested that even if the size of the effect -- the differences in averages between a trait like mathematical ability -- is not very large, it becomes magnified at the edges of the distribution. Thus, even a barely statistically significant effect, when observed at the threshold of 4 SD, could result in a several fold skew towards men. The argument goes on that if such a trait were required to participate in a discipline -- like competence in mathematics to become a physicist -- women would then be acting at a natural disadvantage.” Article presents a counter-argument to this.}}{{#vardefine:keylist|{{#var:keylist}}\Text}}{{#vardefine:Text.disp|“Some of the commenters brought up the issue of the upper tail, and I want to talk about that specifically. It has been suggested that even if the size of the effect -- the differences in averages between a trait like mathematical ability -- is not very large, it becomes magnified at the edges of the distribution. Thus, even a barely statistically significant effect, when observed at the threshold of 4 SD, could result in a several fold skew towards men. The argument goes on that if such a trait were required to participate in a discipline -- like competence in mathematics to become a physicist -- women would then be acting at a natural disadvantage.” Article presents a counter-argument to this.}} {{#xploop:{{#var:Topics}}||}} {{#xploop:{{#var:keylist}}|\n* $s$: \o#var:$s$.disp\c}}