Are University Admissions Biased? | Simpson's Paradox Part 2 ─ minutephysics

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This video is about how to tell whether or not university admissions are biased using statistics: aka, it's about Simpson's Paradox again!

REFERENCES:

Original Berkeley Grad Admissions Paper: https://www.unc.edu/~nielsen/soci708/...

Interactive Simpson’s Paradox Explainer:
http://vudlab.com/simpsons/

No Lawsuit, But Yes, Berkeley Study on Gender Bias
https://www.refsmmat.com/posts/2016-0...

Statistics on college majors by gender:
https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/2...\_tables.asp
http://www.npr.org/sections/money/201...
http://www.randalolson.com/2014/06/14...

Earnings by college major:
http://time.com/money/collection-post...

Wall Street Journal Article on Simpson’s Paradox: https://www.wsj.com/news/articles/SB1...

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