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		banads on Dec 12, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The More Gender Equality, the Fewer Women in STEM ... Is it even possible to prove objective causation in a complex social sciences study, since there can be no control group?

DuskStar on Dec 12, 2019 [–]

Yeah, by the same logic you can't blame sexism or racism for any differences in outcomes, since there's no control group there either.

banads on Dec 12, 2019 | [–]

It would seem any univariate analysis of social dynamics is by default erroneous

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