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UC Berkeley Gender Bias
                            
The admission figures for the fall of 1973 showed that men applying were more likely than women to be admitted, and the difference was so large that it was unlikely to be due to chance.
44% of 8442 male applicants were admitted
35% of 4321 female applicants were admitted
When examining the individual departments, it appeared that six out of 85 departments were significantly biased against men, whereas only four were significantly biased against women.
In fact, the pooled and corrected data showed a small but statistically significant bias in favor of women.
Here are acceptance data from the six largest departments:
82% of 108 female · 62% of 825 male
68% of 25 female · 63% of 560 male
34% of 593 female · 37% of 325 male
35% of 375 female · 33% of 417 male
24% of 393 female · 28% of 191 male
7% of 341 female · 6% of 373 male
 Women tended to apply to competitive departments with low rates of admission even among qualified applicants (such as in the English Department), whereas men tended to apply to less-competitive departments with high rates of admission among the qualified applicants (such as in engineering and chemistry).
Consequently, the overall acceptance rate for women was lower even though in most contexts there was a bias in favor of women.
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