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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/s....oci708/cdocs/Berkele

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

No Lawsuit, But Yes, Berkeley Study on Gender Bias
https://www.refsmmat.com/posts..../2016-05-08-simpsons

Statistics on college majors by gender:
https://nces.ed.gov/programs/d....igest/2016menu\_tabl
http://www.npr.org/sections/mo....ney/2014/10/28/35941
http://www.randalolson.com/201....4/06/14/percentage-o

Earnings by college major:
http://time.com/money/collecti....on-post/3829776/here

Wall Street Journal Article on Simpson’s Paradox: https://www.wsj.com/news/artic....les/SB12597074455307

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