printDoes Diversity Trump Ability? An Example of the Misuse of Mathematics in the Social Sciences
by forwardslash
“Diversity” has become an important concept in the
modern university, affecting admissions, faculty
hiring, and administrative appointments. In the
paper “Groups of diverse problem solvers can
outperform groups of high-ability problem solvers”
[1], L. Hong and S. Page claim to prove that “To put
it succinctly, diversity trumps ability.” We show
that their arguments are fundamentally flawed