If you want to play women’s tennis at the top level, there’s a huge benefit to being ____. Not just ____, but exceptionally ___, outlier-outlier ___. (And what we can learn about social science from this stylized fact.)

Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science 2024-09-06

Summary:

If you want to play basketball at the top level, there’s a huge benefit to being tall. Not just tall, but exceptionally tall, outlier-outlier tall. If you’re an American and at least 7 feet tall and the right age, it’s … Continue reading

Link:

https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2024/09/06/meritocracy-and-womens-tennis/

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Statistics and Visualization » Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science

Tags:

economics

Authors:

Andrew

Date tagged:

09/06/2024, 15:00

Date published:

09/06/2024, 09:38