Syntea usage rates differ slightly by gender, with female students (59.05%) higher than male students (54.94%)¶

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Subclaims¶

q2 i? The percentage of female students using Syntea (59.05%) was slightly higher than the percentage of male students (54.94%); only 34.86% of diverse students used it, but that subgroup is very small. → Kristina Schaaff 2026

Evidence¶

Kristina Schaaff 2026¶

Kristina Schaaff, Quintus Stierstorfer and Valerie Hekkel. (2026). Using AI-based Learning Assistants in Higher Education: A Large-Scale Descriptive Analysis. https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.08748 doi:10.48550/arxiv.2607.08748

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Descriptive comparison of usage counts by gender from the same February 2025 log dataset (49,500 female, 26,876 male, 109 diverse students). The article reports the printed percentages; no statistical test or effect size is reported.

"age offemalestudents (59.05%) using Syntea during our observation period is slightly higher than the percentage ofmalestudents (54.94%). Only 34.86% of thediversestudents were using Syntea during the observation period."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Gender — predictor: outcomes differ by group: a gap reflecting circumstances and treatment, not a cause

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