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Gender and computers: Two surveys of computer-related attitudes

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  1. Diane Mackie

    Present address: the University of California at Santa Barbara, USA

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  1. Educational Testing Service, USA

    Gita Wilder

  2. Princeton University, USA

    Diane Mackie & Joel Cooper

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The authors gratefully acknowledge the assistance of the following individuals: Kim Bailey, Joan Hall, and Susan Wilder, who helped to administer the developmental survey, and Joan Hall, who provided assistance with data entry and analysis; Cheryl Keegan and Howard Strauss of the Princeton University Computer Center, who helped to administer and analyze data from the freshman survey.

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Wilder, G., Mackie, D. & Cooper, J. Gender and computers: Two surveys of computer-related attitudes. Sex Roles 13, 215–228 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00287912

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