On 6 Nov 2010 at 15:30, Rick Froman wrote:
There was an issue of Psychological Science in the Public
Interest devoted to this issue in 2007, available for free here:
http://www.psychologicalscience.org/journals/pspi/pspi_8_1_
article.pdf
>Their conclusion from the Abstract: <snip>"There are no
> single or simple answers to the complex questions about sex
> differences in science and mathematics."
By happenstance, I just stumbled on a new study, published in
the most recent issue of _Current Directions in Psychological
Science_, but only available for $$$.
They come to a bolder conclusion, namely "preferences and
choices-both freely made and constrained-are the most
significant cause of women´s underrepresentation" .
_Science Daily_ has an informative news item on it headed
"Women's Choices, Not Abilities, Keep Them out of Math-
Intensive Fields at http://tinyurl.com/2f3bo59
It has the obligatory nod to the Larry Summers affair.
Stephen
Ceci, S. and Williams, W. (2010) Sex Differences in Math-
Intensive Fields _Current Directions in Psychological Science_
October 2010 19: 275-279, first published on October 4, 2010
doi:10.1177/0963721410383241
abstract at
http://cdp.sagepub.com/content/19/5/275.abstract
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Stephen L. Black, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology, Emeritus
Bishop's University
Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
e-mail: sblack at ubishops.ca
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