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To: RetiredNow who wrote (242754)	7/22/2005 1:37:47 PM
From: d[-_-]b	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574439

mindmeld, re:Another study showed how the number of women engineers and doctors correlated very nicely with the number of women studying to be engineers or doctors. Personally, I think the numbers should match the pools of candidates in the real world and if affirmative action is used to push those numbers into balance when required is fine with me. When the quota's go beyond the percentage in pools I have a bit of a hard time supporting them. The exception I would support would be in school admissions - since the only way to grow the pool is to educate the imbalanced group.

To: RetiredNow who wrote (242754)	7/22/2005 3:23:01 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574439

Another study showed how the number of women engineers and doctors correlated very nicely with the number of women studying to be engineers or doctors. It's all just common sense, but statistics in general can be very confusing to the uninitiated, even the simpler concepts. Yes....only a select few get to play, I mean to learn how to use statistics. For the rest of us, we have to muddle along. Thank God people like you are still willing to interact.....it helps us to learn and grow. Thank you, kimasabe.