Home Statistics and Visualization Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science That claim that Harvard admissions discriminate in favor of Jews? After seeing the statistics, I don’t see it.

That claim that Harvard admissions discriminate in favor of Jews? After seeing the statistics, I don’t see it.

Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science 2013-03-15

Summary:

A few months ago we discussed Ron Unz’s claim that Jews are massively overrepresented in Ivy League college admissions, not just in comparison to the general population of college-age Americans, but even in comparison to other white kids with comparable academic ability and preparation. Most of Unz’s article concerns admissions of Asian-Americans, and he also [...]

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http://andrewgelman.com/2013/02/12/that-claim-that-harvard-admissions-discriminate-in-favor-of-jews-after-checking-the-statistics-maybe-not/

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Andrew

Date tagged:

03/15/2013, 12:48

Date published:

02/12/2013, 09:13