Gender differences in individual variation in academic grades fail to fit expected patterns for STEM

Men are over-represented in the STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) workforce even though girls outperform boys in these subjects at school. Here, the authors cast doubt on one leading explanation for this paradox, the ‘variability hypothesis’.

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Main Authors: R. E. O’Dea, M. Lagisz, M. D. Jennions, S. Nakagawa
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2018
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/d1a2a181a6fc4ed08e1056baec3df6f0
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