Thanks for sharing these data. The y-axes aren’t shown so it’s difficult to compare these plots, but I think it’s interesting that the distribution of community satisfaction for Black or African American people in the EA community seems to stand out in comparison to other groups.
The small sample size definitely makes drawing conclusions difficult (maybe apart from showing that EA skews very white for a movement focused on big global issues!)
Just to clarify the plot a bit: The y-axis is the racial category and in addition to showing each category and their average + 95% CI, I also added histograms to show the underlying distribution of values. This is helpful for assessing whether the average is actually a good summary of the data (not to actually figure out the distribution in and of itself). In this case, it shows that the distribution of community satisfaction for Black or African American people in the EA community looks a bit unusual, with more observations on the lower and higher end. However, the total sample size for this category is only 34. This is quite low so I wouldn’t be surprised if the distribution will end up looking differently if the sample size was greater.
Thanks for your question Jessica.
There are no significant differences between the racial categories (unsurprising given the small sample sizes).
Thanks for sharing these data. The y-axes aren’t shown so it’s difficult to compare these plots, but I think it’s interesting that the distribution of community satisfaction for Black or African American people in the EA community seems to stand out in comparison to other groups.
The small sample size definitely makes drawing conclusions difficult (maybe apart from showing that EA skews very white for a movement focused on big global issues!)
Hi Jessica,
Just to clarify the plot a bit: The y-axis is the racial category and in addition to showing each category and their average + 95% CI, I also added histograms to show the underlying distribution of values. This is helpful for assessing whether the average is actually a good summary of the data (not to actually figure out the distribution in and of itself). In this case, it shows that the distribution of community satisfaction for Black or African American people in the EA community looks a bit unusual, with more observations on the lower and higher end. However, the total sample size for this category is only 34. This is quite low so I wouldn’t be surprised if the distribution will end up looking differently if the sample size was greater.