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"That's really not true. ... in my experience." The plural of anecdote is not data. (Although neither the original article provide some...)
by Kurtz79 11y ago
"That's really not true. ... in my experience."
The plural of anecdote is not data.
(Although neither the original article provide some...)
- joshvm 11y agoSee my sibling comment for some stats. My beef is with the word 'especially'. If you look at the numbers for both UCL (my university) and Oxford (who via public scrutiny have to publish extensive statistics), you can see that postgraduate tends to have a more equal male/female ratio than undergraduate. Girls are still outnumbered, but saying 'especially among PhD' implies the situation worsens.
- Kurtz79 11y agoWhere is this shown ? In the Oxford data you link in the sibling comment, in the "Student numbers" PDF, the 2015 ratio for male/female Postgraduate research is 1.37, Postgraduate Taught is 1.18 and for Undergraduate 1.12, in agreement with the 'especially' in the article.