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I don't understand one thing though - Why doesn't she talk about the fact that according to their own survey, lower class women were also 5 times more likely to
by SilverSlash 10y ago
I don't understand one thing though - Why doesn't she talk about the fact that according to their own survey, lower class women were also 5 times more likely to get a callback than lower class men.
So while upper class men have it the best, lower class men have it the worst. But the author seems to be ignoring this entirely.
- SubiculumCode 10y agoIDK, maybe something called confidence intervals?
- SubiculumCode 10y agoWhy did that deserve a downvote? The difference between lower class men and women in that study was small,and I doubt that difference would meet a p=.05 confidence threshold. When it was said that lower class men are 4 times less likely than lower class women to be invited to interview this was an overstatement of the confidence we can extrapolate these results to the population. But hey,if that wasn't clearly inferred by my comment, so be it.
- tristor 10y agoYou most likely got downvoted for being snarky and condescending, not for pointing out the that the difference doesn't meet the confidence threshold. Your follow-up is better because it at least provides a fully encapsulated response, but you still have some snark in your tone. When replying try not to imply that other commenters are stupid.
- FT_intern 10y agoIf I'm reading correctly, there wasn't a p-value for the upper middle class men vs women either
- rhblake 10y agoBecause that difference wasn't statistically significant, as noted in the image in the article.
- somestag 10y agoWell, the conventional wisdom says that recruitment at top law firms selects for candidates in the upper class. This article is saying we should adjust that; it selects for upper class men, and women are not benefited by hinting at higher status. Since that's what the article about, and since it's not about women being universally discriminated against in law, I think it's fair they don't point out that lower class women have it better than lower class men. Although that result is somewhat surprising, it's not what the article is about. The investigation behind that result would possibly warrant another article.
- a_imho 10y agoMaybe they thought focusing on it would generate less clicks.