Math psmt:
Table of contents: (at the end when you finish the assignment you put what’s on what page)
-Plan page 3 )
-aim page 4 )
Introduction:
Aim:
To investigate the Harvard University’s Claudia Goldin research that shows how womens role
in the job market has not moved in a straight line.
Plan:
collect data on the table
observe the difference between the salaries
import graphs into excel
make graphs to understand data
use data to make a psmt
make 10 page psmt
1. Mathematical Concepts and Techniques
-What mathematical concepts will you use to solve the problem? Explain.
We will find the mean, median, and mode and direct a 5 number summary to
contradict between the scores of the men and women engineering.
Observations:
There is a massive gap between both male and female dominated average salaries.
The gender pay gap still remains
Graphs are made to distinguish between data
Assumptions:
there has to be a fair and equitable report of data
There cannot be a bias towards any of the data
This is because if there is a bias towards any of the data then you would not be able
to properly qualify and identify the data freely.
Exploring the data:
No of
Engineering Salaries Females/Male
s
Engineering Salaries Male Female
Electrical engineer 86,426 67,741
Mining engineer 90,225 73,720
Civil engineering professional 100,597 76,060
Industrial, mechanical or production
104,174 76,480
engineer
IT support or test engineer 104,627 81,881
Telecommunications engineering
104,902 87,470
professional
Aircraft maintenance engineer 107,199 87,534
Engineer - engineering manager 107,669 88,705
Engineer - marine surveyor 109,098 89,519
Chemical engineer 110,452 90,068
Chemical engineer 112,136 90,391
Engineer - materials 114,769 91,308
Engineer - geotechnical 116,533 91,499
Civil engineer 118,521 94,867
Engineer - structural 119,469 95,170
Engineer - transport 121,435 95,214
Engineer - industrial 132,122 105,811
Engineer - environmental 150,031 134,530
Biomedical engineer 176,633 145,574
MEAN 103,962
MEDIAN 102,386
male female
mean 114,615 92,818
median 109,098 90,068
mode 107,199
N/A
male female
median 109,098 90,068
quartile 1 104,401 81,881
quartile 3 118,521 94,867
largest 176,633 145,574
smallest 86,426 67,741
The median was chosen because it was the best way to compare the male and female
dominated salaries. It can be seen from the data that there is not gender equality. From the
two data sets, the median for male average salaries is $109,098 while the female average
salary is $90,068. There is exactly 21% difference between the male and female dominated
salaries.
Using the data:
From the data of the male and female dominated salaries, there is approximately $19,030
difference between the gender medians. This means that there is a 21% difference between
the average salaries of a male and female in the engineering working category. Claudia
Golden states in her article that the female wage has not moved in a straight line for a number
of decades. The salary gap between a female and male has slowly started to decrease over the
1980s, Claudia says.
Evaluating the results:
After analysing the results of the median in the data sets, it is obvious that the male and
female salaries are not at all supporting gender equality within the workplace. Females are
being paid over 20% less than a male. How can we fix this? A female’s average salary in the
engineering category should be increased by at least 20% to make salaries more even. From
the observations and assumptions of the data, there is a major gap between the male and
female dominated salaries. The above graphs (box and whisker plot and histogram) proves
that there is a major pay gap between both salaries. The mode in the data (the most frequent
number) proves that there is no double up numbers in the female data. Therefore, there is no
mode. The mean in the data shows that there is a 23.48% difference between the gender
dominated salaries. From using excel to compare the data there has been both strengths and
limitations within the data. The limitations of using excel are the box and whisker plot, which
has not been able to be created properly on the app, and the strengths of using excel is the fact
that graphs and tables of data can be transferred and created easily.
Conclusion:
The aim, To investigate the Harvard University’s Claudia Goldin research that shows how
women’s role in the job market has not moved in a straight line. The aim in this assessment
was achieved because it is clear in the data that the males are paid at an exceptionally
higher rate of salary compared to a female undertaking the same role. This also clearly
indicates lack of equality within the workplace.
Reference list:
Microsoft (no date) Microsoft Support. Available at:
[Link]
db4b-4754-aca8-4743f6190f0d (Accessed: 10 November 2023).
