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[–] protist@lemmy.world 18 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

What this graph shows however, is that there are a ton of degrees that seem to teach hardly any transferable skills

This graph absolutely does not show this lol...how could you possibly derive that from this graph

And sociologists are absolutely trained in statistics

[–] agressivelyPassive@feddit.de 4 points 7 months ago

That's why I explicitly qualified my statement, because not all sociologists are in fact trained in statistics. Many just had the statistics 101 class and went into the more philosophical part of the trade.

The real question is: what else does this graph show in your interpretation?

[–] bhmnscmm@lemmy.world -4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

How does the graph not show that? The chart clearly shows there are a lot of degrees whose holders have "insufficient jobs for their training."

I.e., they were unable to find jobs that utilized the skills they got with their degree. The skills are not sufficiently transferable to jobs.

[–] xtr0n@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago

I interpret it as there are more degree holders than there are jobs that closely align with that degree. Graduating art history majors are absolutely qualified to be curators at galleries and museums, but there are only a handful of those positions available.