# Name that study! (women v men) hirees in university **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 16, 2008, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-study-women-v-men-hirees-in-university/477390 "2008-12-16T13:57:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Laudenum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Laudenum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laudenum)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-study-women-v-men-hirees-in-university/477390/1 "2008-12-16T13:57:57Z")
I need the dopers to remind me of a study. It’s a classic example of the misuse of statistics. It’s about the gender bias in the hiring of staff in a respected university, and at first it seems that women are being discriminating against, but then, when they break it down by department, the men are at a disadvantage. It is really famous, but I can’t remember enough specifics to dig it out via google. ---
**Author:** ![Erasmus\_Darwin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c57346/32.png) [@Erasmus\_Darwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erasmus_Darwin)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-study-women-v-men-hirees-in-university/477390/2 "2008-12-16T16:01:18Z")
Are you referring to Simpson’s Paradox and the Berkeley Sex Bias case? [Simpson's paradox - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simpson%27s_paradox#Berkeley_sex_bias_case) ---
**Author:** ![Laudenum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Laudenum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laudenum)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-study-women-v-men-hirees-in-university/477390/3 "2008-12-16T21:50:15Z")
BAM! I never realised that someone tried to sue because of it. ~EDIT: Thank you, that was doing my nut in.