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. 2013 Aug 12;4:513. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00513

Table 1.

A stylized representation of Berkeley admission statistics.

Male Female Proportion males Proportion females Summary
Accept Reject Accept Reject
Faculty A 820 80 680 20 0.91 0.97 More females
Faculty B 20 80 100 200 0.2 0.33 More females
Combined 840 160 780 220 0.84 0.78 More males
Total N 1000 1000

The counts in each cell reflect students in each category, accepted or rejected, for two graduate schools. The numbers are fictitious, designed to emphasize the key points.