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I don't have access to the underlying study - the WSJ summary doesn't contain the actual data. Would you be willing to share it? My claim is not that the SD's
by eries 17y ago
I don't have access to the underlying study - the WSJ summary doesn't contain the actual data. Would you be willing to share it?
My claim is not that the SD's are the same, but that they are roughly the same. In other words, I don't think the differences in SD are large enough to affect the underlying argument. If the data proves otherwise, I'm eager to learn why.
- yummyfajitas 17y agoBasic point is that SD for men in math ability alone is 1.11-1.21x as large as for women. If you break out your table of normal distributions, you'll see this difference is amplified at the top of the distribution (i.e., for very smart people). And this addresses only base mathematical ability. It completely ignores risk aversion, persistence and other factors which go into startup formation. A factor of 2 here and a factor if 3 there add up quite quickly.