Although the whole topic is convoluted, this paragraph should get a giggle from everyone.
The teachers' responses after learning about the first infraction were about equal, regardless of the student's perceived race. But after hearing about the second infraction, a gap in discipline emerged: On a scale of one to seven, teachers rated the appropriate severity of discipline at just over five for students perceived to be black, compared to just over four for students perceived to be white. That may not seem like a big difference, but on one-to-seven scale, a single point is a 14 percent increase-well beyond what is typically accepted as statistically significant.
So is it statistically significant? Or is "typically" good enough?
http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2015/04/teachers-racism-bias-stanford
The teachers' responses after learning about the first infraction were about equal, regardless of the student's perceived race. But after hearing about the second infraction, a gap in discipline emerged: On a scale of one to seven, teachers rated the appropriate severity of discipline at just over five for students perceived to be black, compared to just over four for students perceived to be white. That may not seem like a big difference, but on one-to-seven scale, a single point is a 14 percent increase-well beyond what is typically accepted as statistically significant.
So is it statistically significant? Or is "typically" good enough?
http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2015/04/teachers-racism-bias-stanford
