[Air-L] Gender in surveys/tests

[Devayani Tirthali]

I remember a discussion on this topic that arose mainly as a feedback to a
survey somebody had shared I think but I could not find it. :(
Devayani


On Thu, Jul 14, 2016 at 4:38 PM, Tracey P. Lauriault <tlauriau at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Is this list archived and are messages that are archived accessible and
> searchable?  I believe this question was asked a year or so ago and there
> were some good and useful responses.
>
> On Thu, Jul 14, 2016 at 12:56 PM, Pamela Carson <
> Pamela.Carson at concordia.ca>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi Devayani,
> >
> > This paper is about how the activation of gender or ethnicity stereotypes
> > can affect performance:
> >
> > Ambady, N., Shih, M., Kim, A., & Pittinsky, T. L. (2001). Stereotype
> > susceptibility in children: Effects of identity activation on
> quantitative
> > performance. Psychological
> > Science, 12, 385–390.
> >
> > Dario Cvencek is another researcher who has looked at math-gender
> > stereotypes.
> >
> > http://ilabs.uw.edu/research-scientists/bio/i-labs-dario-cvencek-phd
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Pam
> >
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Air-L [mailto:air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of
> > Devayani Tirthali
> > Sent: July-14-16 3:37 PM
> > To: air-l at listserv.aoir.org
> > Subject: [Air-L] Gender in surveys/tests
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I have always followed the rule of thumb to not ask the demographic
> > questions - gender, race/ethnicity - in the beginning of the survey or a
> > test because it affects how people answer the questions.
> >
> > Can somebody please share some research that supports this? I remember
> > reading research about how test scores are affected when students are
> > reminded about their gender and gender related stereotype. I also
> remember
> > reading a thread on air listserv where somebody pointed out not to ask
> > gender questions in the beginning of the survey. But cannot find any of
> the
> > papers or that email thread. If
> >
> > Can anybody share literature that offers reason for not asking gender
> > question in the beginning of the survey?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Devayani
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