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Women are better at statistics than they think

  • Written by Jonathan B. Santo, Professor of Psychology, University of Nebraska Omaha
Women are better at statistics than they thinkUndergraduate students at the University of Nebraska Omaha collaborate on a group assignment for a STEM course.Derrick Nero, University of Nebraska Omaha, CC BY-NC-ND

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Women in statistics classes do better academically than men over a semester despite having more negative...

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