<p>concerning Caltech:
- they don’t practice AA, gender or otherwise
- even if girl admits have lower stats on average than guy admits, this doesn’t imply preference. It could just mean that the superstars admitted were overwhelmingly guys and girls tended to be middle-of-the-pack (of the admit pool, not the applicant pool) in terms of stats. I’m not saying this is actually the case. I have no idea. I am just saying this is one scenario in which girl admits could have lower stats than guy admits without any preference.
- people have explained the phenomena of self-selection, so I won’t go over it again.</p>
<p>People need to think more about statistics and what they really mean (and don’t mean.) Before they go off on a diatribe, they should make sure there isn’t an alternative scenario that is supported by statistics that would invalidate their conclusions.</p>