On merit and equity in math
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| author | Givental, Alexander |
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| contents | In recent paper "Quantifying Inequities and Documenting Elitism in PhD-granting Mathematical Sciences Departments in the United States" (arXiv:2308.13750) by a group of accomplished and/or aspiring mathematicians, the authors use data to challenge ``the idea that the mathematical sciences in the United States is a meritocracy''. We show that, regardless of the validity of the challenged idea, the arguments in the paper are invalid. Namely, among other flaws, they rely on a logical trick of asserting the validity of the conclusion derived from an assumption which the authors neglect to test (and which actually contradicts their own data). |
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| spellingShingle | On merit and equity in math Givental, Alexander History and Overview 00A69 (Primary), 01A80, 97-11 (Secondary) In recent paper "Quantifying Inequities and Documenting Elitism in PhD-granting Mathematical Sciences Departments in the United States" (arXiv:2308.13750) by a group of accomplished and/or aspiring mathematicians, the authors use data to challenge ``the idea that the mathematical sciences in the United States is a meritocracy''. We show that, regardless of the validity of the challenged idea, the arguments in the paper are invalid. Namely, among other flaws, they rely on a logical trick of asserting the validity of the conclusion derived from an assumption which the authors neglect to test (and which actually contradicts their own data). |
| title | On merit and equity in math |
| topic | History and Overview 00A69 (Primary), 01A80, 97-11 (Secondary) |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.06701 |