ERIC Number: EJ753222
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2006
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Faculty Salary Equity Cases: Combining Statistics with the Law
Luna, Andrew L.
Journal of Higher Education, v77 n2 p193-224 Mar-Apr 2006
Researchers have used many statistical models to determine whether an institution's faculty pay structure is equitable, with varying degrees of success. Little attention, however, has been given to court interpretations of statistical significance or to what variables courts have acknowledged should be used in an equity model. This article discusses the differences between statistics and the law, using prominent faculty salary court decisions as an aid in fine-tuning an institutional faculty salary study. (Contains 1 table.)
Descriptors: Statistical Significance, Teacher Salaries, Sex Fairness, Comparable Worth, Discriminant Analysis, Court Litigation, Case Method (Teaching Technique), Comparative Analysis, Legal Problems, Policy Analysis, Correlation
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Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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