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Thread #148893 Message #3463551
Posted By: artbrooks
09-Jan-13 - 09:10 AM
Thread Name: BS: Dems in power- Results
Subject: RE: BS: Dems in power- Results
What I am saying is that the figures cited are meaningless, and I am not interested in getting into any discussion about who is or is not biased or bigoted. Any kind of median data must be adjusted, unless all items in the data sample are identical. In this case, at the least, information on specific jobs and experience levels must be provided for it to be useful at all, and even then it would be subject to interpretation. Otherwise, one is comparing the pay levels of managers and clerks and saying that they are unfair based upon gender alone...kinda like saying that an engineer who chooses to live in the woods gets paid less than a Wall Street executive based solely on the fact that the former has an ugly beard and the latter is clean shaven.
This article from Politifact addresses the issue.