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That study didn't "measure bias in tech":

"Here we report five hiring experiments in which faculty evaluated hypothetical female and male applicants, using systematically varied profiles disguising identical scholarship, for assistant professorships in biology, engineering, economics, and psychology."

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The study found that that female applicants have 2x the positive vote rate as identically qualified male applicants when applying for faculty STEM positions (the study investigated other fields too). I'm not sure how this isn't evidence of bias.

If I create identically qualified black and white applicants and the latter are reviewed positively at 2x the rate as the former is not not evidence of racial bias?

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