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Interestingly, although the op uses the term 'sampling bias' which is usually used to discredit a study, the actual content of their comment doesn't seem intend
by true_religion 12y ago
Interestingly, although the op uses the term 'sampling bias' which is usually used to discredit a study, the actual content of their comment doesn't seem intended to do so.
What they're talking about is not a sampling bias. If more aggressive women are hired than not, that's not a sampling bias... those women are representative of the population as it exists.
It's only a sampling bias, if say the study somehow selected individuals from the population in a non-random fashion, so as to overemphasize one particular trait.
- cperciva 12y agoWhether it's a sampling bias or not depends on the conclusion you're trying to draw. I agree that there is no reason to think that the women considered were unrepresentative of women in tech; my point was that women in tech may not be a representative sample of the gender as a whole.
- true_religion 12y agoThat's true, but this is a study specifically about women in high positions in the tech field. I'm not sure its meant to be indicative of women in general, just as studies on male CEOs (e.g. the ones that claim CEOs are more sociopathic) wouldn't be meant to say anything about men in general.