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There was a big followup article in the "Notices of the American Mathematical Society" that actually looked at the numbers and concluded Summers was not support
by GFK_of_xmaspast 11y ago
There was a big followup article in the "Notices of the American Mathematical Society" that actually looked at the numbers and concluded Summers was not supported by the data.
- force_reboot 11y agoGiven the highly political nature of this topic, I don't think anyone is going to be convinced by saying "this was debunked by experts" without even posting a link. Especially when being a mathematician doesn't make you an expert in statistics or sociology, so the Notices of the AMS can't be considered authoritative on this topic.
- hajile 11y agoHere are the only two articles I can find mentioning Larry Summers http://www.ams.org/notices/200810/fea-gallian.pdf http://www.ams.org/notices/200810/fea-gallian.pdf http://www.ams.org/notices/201201/rtx120100010p.pdf http://www.ams.org/notices/201201/rtx120100010p.pdf They do not address the question of IQ in any meaningful way. They only seek to show that women can succeed in mathematics. Summers in no way said that women could not succeed in math (or any other STEM field). The question of IQ has more to do with potential candidates rather than success of those candidates.
- tomp 11y agoSource? I'd love to read an article that disputes the finding (that men have greater variability in IQ and other traits than women).