We've all heard it. Some in fact believe it. Girls just aren't as
good at math as boys. But it is not true !

http://www.theanalystmagazine.com/pr/7010710.htm

Clearly the woman conducting the study can't handle statistics.

: - )

Bret Cahill

I expected a little serious discussion on this issue.

Bret Cahill

On Aug 17, 1:38 pm, BretCah...@peoplepc.com wrote:

In my opinion, the study doesn't go far enough in age. Here are some
questions that I think would have to be answered to draw the
conclusion that they reach:

1. Which gender has the higher percentage of high school students that
take elective advanced math courses such as precalculus and AP
calculus?

2. If you figured the fraction of men who start a bachelors degree
program in math that finish it, and the fraction of women who start a
bachelors degree program in math that finish it, how do the two
fractions compare?

3. Same question for graduate degrees in math.

My "dogma" has been that there is no difference between men and women.

There definitely is a difference.

The question is if any difference in math ability appears as they age.

If there is maybe it isn't directly traceable to biology, i. e., a
woman can always get a dumb guy to do the math.

Bret Cahill

BretCahill@peoplepc.com wrote:

You're kidding. I've always thought black people were rather dominant at
the Olympics, organized by Hitler, Berlin 1936, much to his frustration.
The African-American Jesse Owens was the undisputed hero of the games.

Han de Bruijn

Theresa McCarty wrote:

the bell curve for men is spread out more. Yes, more men are geniuses,
but if you worked in clinical settings, you'd know that more men are
also the severe retards and totally whacked out psychotics.

Mother Nature clipped the bell curve for women to ensure they were
competent enuf to nurture children. So, yes more women can handle simple
math, but when it comes to higher math, then you need men, with a kind
of tunnel vision of the mind, to deal with it.

Women are more distracted by the emotional needs of others. Geeks are
not. The most successful enterprise would have women managing the sex
lives of creative geeks to max out their productivity, but not trying to
have monogamous relationships with the geeks cause the geeks are just
not that attentive to emotional needs.

Maybe something similar is going on with women in math.

It's hard to say because of all fields math must be the least
interested in anything except performance.

There is no reason for anyone to know who your are.

Bret Cahill