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"The percentage of women who apply to YC is roughly the same as the percentage of women who get funded. The same is true for Black and Latino founders." I'm g
by jtmarmon 10y ago
"The percentage of women who apply to YC is roughly the same as the percentage of women who get funded. The same is true for Black and Latino founders."
I'm guessing what he means to say here is that if x% of the applicant pool is woman/black/latino, then x% of the accepted pool is woman/black/latino, right? The way it's phrased it sounds like every woman/black/latino who applies is accepted
- mildbow 10y agoNot to me. percentage of women who apply ~= percentage of women who get funded.
- jtmarmon 10y agoyou're right - after rereading I realize that it's totally equivalent
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- purple-again 10y agoI'm curious if that's by design or coicidence. Generally when taking s small sample size (funded) you expect the majority to be over represented and any minorities to be under represented until the sample grows to a large enough size to eliminate the variance.