A large multinational corporation is accused of discriminatory hiring practices, tending to hire male employees who are $25$ to $30$ years old. After management agree to offer a series of human resource trainings at their various locations, in$-$house staff examine and analyze their most current hiring data. They look at a sample of $2,000$ new employees and find that a higher proportion of female employees have been recently hired, and the difference is statistically significant.

Which of the following best describes how we should interpret these results?