"A nice brain teaser"

Ashcroft, Alice (2018) "A nice brain teaser". In: GenderIT '18 : Proceedings of the 4th Conference on Gender & IT. ACM, New York, pp. 55-58. ISBN 9781450353465

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Abstract

Careers in computing seem to be well placed to allow gender parity. The tools of the trade don't require any of the most common gender stereotypes. And yet, talented, educated women avoid going into the field - why? The preliminary research reported in this paper focuses specifically on computer programming, since coding is an area that has shown a strong statistical bias towards males with up to 92% of programmers being male. This paper aims to uncover and examine any differences in the coding abilities and approach of males and females.

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Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings

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© ACM, 2018. This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here by permission of ACM for your personal use. Not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in GenderIT '18 http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/3196839.3196848

Departments:

Faculty of Science and Technology > School of Computing & Communications

ID Code:

144040

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Deposited On:

20 May 2020 14:00

Refereed?:

Yes

Published?:

Published

Last Modified:

19 Oct 2024 23:25

URI:

https://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/144040