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That most occupations pay women less than men is a fact, the graph is just a reformulation of this table: http://www.bls.gov/cps/cpsaat39.htm http://www.bls.gov
by RA_Fisher 11y ago
That most occupations pay women less than men is a fact, the graph is just a reformulation of this table: http://www.bls.gov/cps/cpsaat39.htm http://www.bls.gov/cps/cpsaat39.htm
- minimaxir 11y agoFacts do not absolve a data visualization from being potentially misleading.
- RA_Fisher 11y agoI'm sorry you feel that way. I sincerely find it very informative. Before I got first glimpse of it, I thought there would be at least 10-15 professions where women edged out men.
- Kalium 11y agoThis isn't just a feeling. The existence of phenomenon such as Simpson's Paradox mean that this is something that any data analysis must be very careful about. Presentations of aggregate data are particularly vulnerable.