Women in engineering…STEM UPDATE

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BS Engineering Graduates

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F-Test Two-Sample for Variances for Female/Male Engineering Enrollments

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Mean 77540.9 357088.4

Variance 34636651.66 330967692.5

Observations 10 10

df 9 9

F 0.104652667

P(F<=f) one-tail 0.001239377

F Critical one-tail 0.314574906

F-Test Two-Sample for Variances for Females/Male Engineering Graduates

Female Male

Mean 13214.1 55259.2

Variance 365124.5444 22255400.18

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F 0.01640611

P(F<=f) one-tail 5.45187E-07

F Critical one-tail 0.314574906

The P test and the F test fail meaning the means are significantly different for the Females entering four year programs with the intent to complete engineering as Males. The difference follows to the number of women that actually graduate in an engineering field.

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Women are still paid 20 to 50% less than men in STEM positions.

Women are still considered primary caretakers at home. 67% of women in STEM that stay do not have children at home (Strasser, 2014).

Leadership in STEM companies still believe women will never be as capable as men in the same position (Strasser, 2014).

Bias still persistent at the undergraduate level. Professors do not think women are capable of sustaining a STEM career (Chang, 2014).

Women are more likely to finish an engineering program than the number of men that enroll.

This means its not a math or science ability issue

Its interest or perspective future

If we paid women equally as men for the same output then more women might stay in the career field.

The harsh engineering and science environment is degrading to both men and women in the career field.

Chang, K. (2014). New York Times. Retrieved from

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/25/science/bias-persists-against-

women-of-science-a-study-

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National Science Foundation. (2014). National Science Foundation.

Retrieved from

http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/wmpd/2013/minwomen.cfm

Society of Women Engineers. (2014). Retrieved from

http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/swe/nationalsurveyengineering/

index.php?startid=20&qs=retention+study#/24

Strasser, A. R. (2014). Think Progress. Retrieved from

http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2014/02/13/3287861/women-

leaving-stem-jobs/

US Department of Education. (2014). Retrieved from STEM:

http://www.ed.gov/stem

US Department of Labor. (2014). Retrieved from http://www.dol.gov/