Statistics - Keeping it in the women's world


Book: 
Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Teaching Statistics
Authors: 
Clark, M.
Editors: 
Vere-Jones, D., Carlyle, S., & Dawkins, B. P.
Category: 
Volume: 
1
Pages: 
528-533
Year: 
1991
Publisher: 
International Statistical Institute
Place: 
Voorburg, Netherlands
Abstract: 

In the secondary schools, statistics, above other branches of mathematics, is proving attractive to female students. What happens then when this substantial proportion of young women come to university - do they continue to study statistics and do they succeed at it?

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