Datasets for Statistical Analysis

Gender differences in mathematics

Keywords:

gender, mathematics, problem solving

Categories:

popular;
generalized linear models

Description:

The data give the results from number of men and women studying Honours in England attempting four mathematics questions involving complex numbers (see Note below). There are four variables on 24 observations.

Variables:

Result	The result of the student doing the question: Correct, Incorrect or No.attempt
Gender	Either Male or Female
Question	One of A, B, C or D; see the Note below.
Count	The number of students in each category.

Data Quality:

There are no missing values.

Source: The data have been inferred from the lower Table on page 499 of:

Anderson, Johnston (2002). Gender-related differences on open and closed assessment tasks in International Journal of Mathematics Education in Science and Technology, 33(4), 495 - 503.

Notes:

These are the questions:
The point z lies in the fourth quadrant (i.e. -pi/2 < arg z < 0) of the complex plane. z^* denotes the complex conjugate of z. Prove or disprove

• arg(z + z^*) = 0;
• arg(z - z^*) = pi/2;
• z² is in the third quadrant;
• -pi < arg(z / z^*) < 0

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