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This is the correct answer. There simply aren't that many asians in the US ( historically and even currently ).

• scruple 9y ago
  You keep saying this, but they're just over 5% of the total US population as of the most recent census. IMHO, this isn't a trivial number. It's over 16 million people. I don't see how you can keep making this argument with a straight face. We must have wildly differing opinions of what constitutes statistical significance.
  • zombieprocesses 9y ago
    > You keep saying this, but they're just over 5% of the total US population as of the most recent census. 5% isn't a lot. And it's 5% only because indians, pakistanis, bengalis, etc are classified as asian along with chinese, japanese, koreans, etc. In other words, "asian" population is inflated. So it's a lot less than 5%. > It's over 16 million people. 16 million out of nearly 350 million isn't much. > I don't see how you can keep making this argument with a straight face. Because it's a fact. And as I said, up until the 1970s, the asian population in the US was pretty much 0%. Asians were banned from immigrating to the US. > We must have wildly differing opinions of what constitutes statistical significance. We do. But you also have wildly differing opinions with every statistician. As I said in the other comment, as the asian population in the US grows, statisticians will pay more attention to them. Although the "out"-marriage rates of asians ( particularly asian women ) might prevent increasing asian population. But who knows.
    • scruple 9y ago
      I think you understand that my point is that I don't agree with the logic that 5% of something is "insignificant." It seems from this thread that I'm, at least, not alone.