Education experience
Notes on section 5.3 of the paper "Why do women pursue a PhD in Computer Science?"
This analysis is based on the following single-choice survey questions:
Q8. Did you have any computer science courses during high school?
Q9. Are/Have you been personally supervised by a researcher, e.g. by a PhD student or a teaching assistant for a seminar or project work?
Q10. Are/Have you been involved in research projects during your studies, e.g. in terms of being involved in research at a department/chair or in a larger scientific project?
Q11. Are/Have you been personally supervised by a research leader, e.g. by a professor or lecturer for a seminar or project work?
Q44. Do/Did you participate in any programs or activities that informed you about PhD studies?
Table 3 is extended here with three columns making explicit the rank of the hypothesis, by p-value, the Holm-Bonferroni corrected significance level, and the Bonferroni corrected significance level.
The detailed data analysis, including the Chi-Square tests can be found in the Excel file SurveyDataAnalysis, on the sheet RQ1. Chi Square Tests Q8-Q11Q44.
To help in the interpretation of the data, the following chart summarises the results obtained for these questions. The data for this chart can be found in the Excel file SurveyDataAnalysis, on the sheet RQ1. Q8-Q11+Q44Diagram.
Participants who were involved in a research project during their undergraduate, or MSc studies, particularly when directly supervised by a senior researcher, were more likely to enrol on a PhD. Participants who attended activities aimed at informing of life as a PhD were also more likely to enrol in a PhD.
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