Data Muse

Source(s): To investigate if people thought men were really funnier than women I reviewed the 226 Netflix Original Comedy Specials. For my sample, I retained only the ones in English (n = 163). The final sample had 127 male comedians and 36 female comedians. I then extracted the IMDB ratings for each of these 163 specials, which break ratings down by gender. R code is here . Data file is here .   Highlights: •        Men show statistical preference for male comedians ( t (47.9) = -2.83, p = .007), whereas women show no preference ( t (57.4) = -0.49, p = .628). •        To see if men or women preferred male or female comedians, I extracted the ratings from IMDB, which shows ratings by gender. •        For men, “Dave Chappelle: Sticks & Stones” (8.5) was most popular whereas “Amy Schumer: The Leather Special” (2.6) was the least. •        For wo...

Source(s): I used that statistics from a report by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), “The Condition of Education Employment. Outcomes of Bachelor's Degree Holder"  [1] , which used 2018 data from the Census Bureau. A table with similar relevant data can be seen  here  or can be queried from  https://data.census.gov/mdat . The exact numbers might differ based on query specifications, but the general trends are similar. Changes/Limitations to the Data: ·        Each of the major categories represents several sub-categories (e.g., “Biology” includes degrees such as “English,” “Biochemical Science,” “Botany,” “Ecology,” etc. ·        Only fields in which 1% or more of bachelor’s degree holders had earned degrees are displayed ·        For concision, I chose to exclude several categories (the NCES report had 34). Most of the majors I excluded were either ...