Saturday, June 30, 2012

Statistics Paradox - Gender Bias Revisited @ Udacity

Udacity - Intro to Statistics - (Answer) Gender Bias Revisited h
MaleFemale
AppliedAdmitedRateAppliedAdmitedRate
Major A90045050%1008080%
Major B1001010%90018020%
Both100046046%100026026%

While admission rate for both majors is higher for Female students,
admission rate for both majors together is much higher for Male students!

This is why politicians (and many others) love to (miss)use statistics!

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