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:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/create-a-box-and-whisker-chart-62f4219f-
db4b-4754-aca8-4743f6190f0d (Accessed: 10 November 2023).