Women in Science Concentrations, 1983-1987 (doi:10.7910/DVN/OEWKBD)

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Women in Science Concentrations, 1983-1987

doi:10.7910/DVN/OEWKBD

Harvard Dataverse

2007-11-28

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Ware, Norma C., 1992, "Women in Science Concentrations, 1983-1987", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/OEWKBD, Harvard Dataverse, V2, UNF:3:slKSznFDzVgfMNty8Zg6wQ== [fileUNF]

Women in Science Concentrations, 1983-1987

doi:10.7910/DVN/OEWKBD

00999

Ware, Norma C.

Harvard Dataverse

Murray Research Archive

1992

https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/OEWKBD

Social Sciences

mra, 501-1000, female, male, 13-17, 18-22, mixed, student, 1, Women and education

This survey was designed to study the rate of persistence in science fields by undergraduate students who considered majoring in the sciences during their senior year in high school. The factors associated with this persistence were examined for both women and men. <br /><br /> In the summer of 1983, a sample of 300 women and 300 men who had expressed an interest in majoring in the sciences on their college applications was selected. These incoming first year students were then matched by gender on a case-by-case basis within ten points of their SAT math scores. For purposes of the study, science included biological sciences, physical sciences, mathematics, and engineering.<br /><br /> The students were sent questionnaires during their first, second, and fourth years in college, requesting information about their high school experiences and achievements, self-concept, patterns of attribution of success and failure, and the background and influence of their parents. A subsample was interviewed during the students' sophomore year for more in-depth information about science courses they had taken, how they chose their concentrations, self-descriptions, and how they would compare the sciences, humanities, and social sciences as general disciplines. <br /><br /> The Murray Archive holds additional analogue materials for this study (transcripts of interviews for nine subjects). If you would like to access this material, please apply to use the data.

1980-1990

1983-1987

United States

individuals

field study, longitudinal

quota sample

questionnaire, interview

Henry A. Murray Research Archive, Institute for Quantitative Social Sciences, Harvard University

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<b>Follow-up of sample is possible.</b>

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Submission of the following <a href= "http://www.murray.harvard.edu/application" target="_blank">Application For The Use Of Data</a> is required to access the data from this study. <p><b>Follow-up of sample is possible.</b></p>

• Number of cases: 437

• No. of variables per record: 619

• Type of File: text/tab-separated-values

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Data File for Study in Tab Delimited Format

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00999Ware-Science-Codebook.pdf

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Description of coded data variables

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00999Ware-Science-CodebookAddendum.pdf

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Clarifications of discrepancies in the data files

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00999Ware-Science-Data.por

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Data File for Study in SPSS Portable Format

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00999Ware-Science-DataFileList.pdf

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Detailed Description of Computer Data Files

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00999Ware-Science-DataInventory.pdf

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Inventory of data on each participant and measures

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00999Ware-Science-Measures.pdf

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Blank measures for study

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00999Ware-Science-MemoOfAgreement.pdf

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Legal agreement between data depositor and the Murray Archive

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00999Ware-Science-PaperData.pdf

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Interview Transcripts

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00999Ware-Science-StudyDescription.pdf

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Overview: abstract, research methodology, publications, and other info.

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