Talk:Math 55

Variability hypothesis

There is a dispute going on about whether to link to variability hypothesis in the article. Nerd271 told me to "check the sources," but I wonder if they could indicate a specific source that connects the greater male variability hypothesis to Math 55? I have to admit I am skeptical of the entire paragraph anyway, since the sources presented are more reports on speculation than actual "studies".... CapitalSasha ~ talk 18:33, 9 September 2024 (UTC)

Hmm. Reports cite classroom data, which some people have been using to talk about racial and biological sex differences. Nerd271 (talk) 19:08, 9 September 2024 (UTC)

Right, but we shouldn't be insinuating that the greater male variability hypothesis is relevant in Wikipedia's voice unless reliable sources are saying that. CapitalSasha ~ talk 23:32, 9 September 2024 (UTC)

What CapitalSasha says. Maybe there's some other way of interpreting this but it certainly looks like because the article mentions gender differences in STEM (with a weak connection to Math 55), the variability hypothesis (with no connection to Math 55) is being brought in to somehow refute the sources. This is completely ridiculous.

And per CapitalSasha's other point, the whole paragraph should probably go. The sources don't provide "demographics of students taking this course over the years" and they're not using it to study gender differences in STEM. It's just mentioned as an example to demonstrate that gender differences in STEM exist. Dan Bloch (talk) 04:12, 11 September 2024 (UTC)

I've removed the paragraph. Dan Bloch (talk) 21:07, 13 September 2024 (UTC)