Item #558

Topic: Education

Source

Citation: Women in Academic Science: A Changing Landscape, p. 95

Author(s): Ceci, Ginther, Kahn, Williams

Institution(s): Cornell University, University of Kansas, Boston University



Link: http://www.psychologicalscience.org/pdf/Women-Academic-Science.pdf?utm_source=nytimes&utm_medium=story&utm_campaign=pspitimes





Nation(s): United States

Year(s): 2014

Source: Secondary

Type: Statistical Analysis

Discussion

Other Notes:

p. 95 – “Relative abilities do matter: Individuals with high verbal and high mathematical ability (of whom the majority were female) were less likely to later be in a STEM occupation than were those with high mathematical ability and moderate verbal ability (of whom the majority were male).”