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What is the alternative hypothesis?
by erispoe 10y ago
What is the alternative hypothesis?
- drkstr 10y agoPeer pressure, mostly in the form of Big Media.
- 2muchcoffeeman 10y agoEveryone suffers from peer pressure. That is not a gender based thing.
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- analognoise 10y agoWomen are too goddamn smart to put up with the bullshit in tech so they go elsewhere if they have a chance, is my working hypothesis.
- ra1n85 10y agoI don't think that logic applies, or results in too shallow an observation. If you reverse it, say for men and the profession of dental hygienists, could you say the field has fewer men because of discrimination? There are likely many reasons as to why there are fewer women in STEM fields than men. Culture and socio-economics are two very big factors being completely dismissed here. Chalking everything up to discrimination is intellectually lazy (unless there's good data presented and indicating that to be fact), and does nothing to help the situation. If you don't fully understand the root cause, how can you resolve the problem?
- btilly 10y agoThere are plenty of alternative hypotheses. For example lack of role models encouraging advancement, gender stereotypes reducing intake, and brain differences that make the subject a better fit for men. We should, of course, attempt to address and improve on all of the possible explanations except the last. If it isn't the last and we make the mistake of assuming that one, then there is harm in that assumption. If the last does contribute, then there is little harm finding that out after making an honest attempt to improve things. Because there are bound to be multiple contributing causes, and you'll at least make the situation better.
- nananonymous 10y agoHere's a few: http://www.denisdutton.com/baumeister.htm http://www.denisdutton.com/baumeister.htm
- rsa4046 10y agoThanks for the link to Roy Baumeister, his work is stunning in its grasp IMHO
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