nearly the same or, in some cases, much rates than the men. How could this higher be? Women applied in large numbers to schools with very low admissions rates (Law and Medicine, for example, admitted fewer than 10%). Men tended to apply to Engineering and Science. Those schools have admission rates above 50%. When the was taken, the women had a lower rate but the average didn’t average overall really make sense. you need to check more closely into the categories within each variable to get the true picture. Here’s the data on the graduate admissions from the 1975 issue of Science: Males accepted/ Females accepted/ applicants applicants Program 1 511/825 89/108 Program 2 352/560 17/25 Program 3 137/407 132/375 Program 4 22/373 24/341 1022/2165 262/849 Let’s do some comparisons:
nearly the same or, in some cases, much higher rates than the men. How could this be? Women applied in large numbers to schools with very low admissions rates (Law and Medicine, for example, admitted fewer than 10%). Men tended to apply to Engineering and Science. Those schools have admission rates above 50%. When the average was taken, the women had a lower overall rate but the average didn’t really make sense. you need to check more closely into the categories within each variable to get the true picture. Here’s the data on the graduate admissions from the 1975 issue of Science: Males accepted/ applicants Females accepted/ applicants Program 1 511/825 89/108 Program 2 352/560 17/25 Program 3 137/407 132/375 Program 4 22/373 24/341 1022/2165 262/849 Let’s do some comparisons: