Required CS credits and math credits do not differ significantly across women-representation groups¶

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q2 i? Differences in total required CS credits across the three groups were not statistically significant (F = 2.225, p = 0.117), and math credit differences were also not significant. → Albert Lionelle 2024

Evidence¶

Albert Lionelle 2024¶

Albert Lionelle, McKenna Quam, Carla Brodley, and Catherine Gill. 2024. Does Curricular Complexity in Computer Science Influence the Representation of Women CS Graduates?. In Proceedings of the 55th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education V. 1 (SIGCSE 2024). https://doi.org/10.1145/3626252.3630835

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Box-plot comparison of required CS and math credits across the three groups of 20 programs. Mean CS credits were 50, 53, and 57 for Groups 1–3; overall mean was 53.5±10.22 credits, median 53. Math credits showed large within-group variability (median 14, mean 13.31±3.9).

"For CS, the mean number of credits is 50, 53 and 57 for Groups 1, 2 and 3 respectively – these do not include the math requirements. The difference between groups was not statistically significant (F-Statistic of 2.225 and 𝑝 value of 0.117)."

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