@article {712,
	title = {Differences in perception of computer sciences and informatics due to gender and experience},
	journal = {CLEI Electronic Journal},
	volume = {11},
	year = {2008},
	month = {12/2008},
	abstract = {<p>Low participation of women in Computer Science (CS) has been documented in some countries. Given thatthis phenomenon occurs at the Computer and Information Sciences Department at the Universidad de CostaRica,\&nbsp;\&nbsp; we\&nbsp;\&nbsp; decided\&nbsp;\&nbsp; to\&nbsp;\&nbsp; investigate\&nbsp;\&nbsp; if\&nbsp;\&nbsp; there\&nbsp;\&nbsp; were\&nbsp;\&nbsp; gender\&nbsp;\&nbsp; differences\&nbsp;\&nbsp; in\&nbsp;\&nbsp; some\&nbsp;\&nbsp; factors,\&nbsp;\&nbsp; both\&nbsp;\&nbsp; motivating\&nbsp;\&nbsp; andinhibiting students to enter the field.\&nbsp;\&nbsp; Our main purpose\&nbsp; was to see if those\&nbsp; differences could help findfactors\&nbsp;\&nbsp; influencing\&nbsp;\&nbsp; theimbalance\&nbsp;\&nbsp; of\&nbsp;\&nbsp; female\&nbsp;\&nbsp; participation.\&nbsp;\&nbsp; Both\&nbsp;\&nbsp; graduate\&nbsp;\&nbsp; and\&nbsp;\&nbsp; undergraduate\&nbsp;\&nbsp; populationswere\&nbsp;\&nbsp; investigated.\&nbsp;\&nbsp; It\&nbsp;\&nbsp; was\&nbsp;\&nbsp; found\&nbsp;\&nbsp; that\&nbsp;\&nbsp; there\&nbsp;\&nbsp; were\&nbsp;\&nbsp; differences\&nbsp;\&nbsp; by\&nbsp;\&nbsp; gender\&nbsp;\&nbsp; in\&nbsp;\&nbsp; both\&nbsp;\&nbsp; populations.\&nbsp;\&nbsp;\&nbsp;\&nbsp; As\&nbsp;\&nbsp; aconsequence of the knowledge of the discipline acquired during the permanence in the CS program andprofessional experience, both men and women change differently their perceptions.</p>},
	url = {http://www2.clei.org/cleiej/paper.php?id=155},
	author = {Mar{\'\i}n, Gabriela and Barrantes, E Gabriela and Chavarr{\'\i}a, Silvia}
}
