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Nature 439, 18 (5 January 2006) | doi:10.1038/439018d; Published online 4 January 2006

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Bias may be unintentional but it's still there

Cathy W. S. Chen1 & Ying-Hen Hsieh2

  1. Department of Statistics, Feng Chia University, Taichung 407, Taiwan
  2. Department of Applied Mathematics, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 402, Taiwan

Marlene Zuk and Gunilla Rosenqvist, in their Correspondence "Evaluation bias hits women who aren't twice as good" (Nature 438, 559; 200510.1038/438559c), give an interesting view of women in science.