<p><pre><code>    &gt; But are statistical conclusions really necessary? Or the
    &gt; only conclusions that matter?
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They are in the sense that without any further information, let&#x27;s make other claims:<p><pre><code>  - Would she really be the COO of Facebook if she wasn&#x27;t a woman?  
  - Would she really be the COO of Facebook if she wasn&#x27;t an Harvard alumna?  
  - Would she really be the COO of Facebook if she wasn&#x27;t Jewish?  
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    &gt; there are many factors for why she got her position. But
    &gt; I doubt that she strictly speaking knows which of them
    &gt; contributed
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Precisely; nor do we. There seems little point speculating. (However something statistical like &#x27;x% tech COOs have an MBA&#x27; would be more interesting).