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卒業生入学における性別偏見:バークレー大学のデータ
まとめ
大学入学データによると,集計された統計は,女性申請者に対するバイアスを誤って示唆していることが明らかになっています. しかし,より詳しく見ると,入学委員会による差別はなく,女性を好む部門もある.
科学分野:
- 社会科学 社会科学とは
- 高等教育研究 高等教育研究
- ジェンダー研究とは,ジェンダー研究です.
背景:
- UCバークレーの1973年の大学院入学からの集約データは,当初,女性申請者に対するバイアスを示していた.
- この明らかな偏見は,より複雑な部門の意思決定の現実を覆い隠し,誤解を招いていた.
研究 の 目的:
- 1973年のUCバークレーの女性申請者の大学院入学データパターンを調査する.
- 明らかなバイアスが入学委員会の差別によるものなのか,それとも他の要因によるものなのかを判断する.
主な方法:
- 卒業生入学データの総和および分散分析.
- 意思決定部門と部門の受験頻度に関する統計的調査.
- 部門の自律性と申請者プール特性を考慮しながらデータをまとめる.
主要な成果:
- 分散されたデータは,各部門で予想される女性入学率から統計的に有意な偏差がほとんどないことを示した.
- 部門の難しさと応募者の傾向をコントロールする際には,女性を好むわずかなバイアスが観察されました.
- 容易に入学できる科目は,多くの場合,より多くの学部数学の準備を必要とします.
結論:
- 集約データにおける観察されたバイアスは,入学委員会による差別から生じたものではない.
- 明らかな偏見は,以前の教育制度のスクリーニングの結果であり,女性をより競争力のある分野に導いた.
- 社会化と教育の経路は,女性を,より貧しい結果を持つ大学院プログラムへと導く.
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