? The Battle of Sexes in Statistics Courses: Evidence from the Employment of e-Education

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  • Dimitris Anastasopoulos, Eleni Tsami, Andreas Rokopanos

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https://doi.org/10.17762/msea.v71i4.1240

Abstract

The employment of IT technology within the scope of education is an almost universal reality which has come to include, probably, all tertiary education institutions across the world. The present survey discusses the technical and psychological difficulties, stemming in parts from the application of e-education tools, experienced by tertiary education students with regards to statistics courses in Greece and further questions the notion of male predominance concerning statistics subjects, which is still an open research topic in cognitive psychology as well as education. The corresponding questionnaire was addressed to 160 pre-graduate students, who up to the time of the survey (i.e., the spring semester of 2022), have undertaken at least one course with contents in statistics, in various departments at the University of Piraeus. The survey finds that (i) gender differences do not seem to play a role in the perception of students regarding the statistical notions and contents (ii) male students seem to perform better than female students in statistics courses and (iii) the students face moderate difficulties relating to the use of statistical software and/or e-education platforms, regardless of gender.

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2022-11-21

How to Cite

Dimitris Anastasopoulos, Eleni Tsami, Andreas Rokopanos. (2022). ? The Battle of Sexes in Statistics Courses: Evidence from the Employment of e-Education. Mathematical Statistician and Engineering Applications, 71(4), 6543–6550. https://doi.org/10.17762/msea.v71i4.1240

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