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
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 ________________________________________________ Pamela Carson Web Services Librarian / Bibliothécaire services web Libraries / Bibliothèques Concordia University / Université Concordia Tel. / Tél. 514-848-2424 ext. / poste 7685 Email / courriel: pamela.carson@concordia.ca Mailing address / adresse postale: 1455 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W., LB-540-05, Montreal, Quebec H3G 1M8 Street address / adresse municipale: 1400 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W., LB-540-05, Montreal, Quebec H3G 1M8 library.concordia.ca concordia.ca -----Original Message----- From: Air-L [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Devayani Tirthali Sent: July-14-16 3:37 PM To: air-l@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 _______________________________________________ The Air-L@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/
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@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
________________________________________________ Pamela Carson Web Services Librarian / Bibliothécaire services web Libraries / Bibliothèques Concordia University / Université Concordia Tel. / Tél. 514-848-2424 ext. / poste 7685 Email / courriel: pamela.carson@concordia.ca Mailing address / adresse postale: 1455 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W., LB-540-05, Montreal, Quebec H3G 1M8 Street address / adresse municipale: 1400 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W., LB-540-05, Montreal, Quebec H3G 1M8 library.concordia.ca concordia.ca
-----Original Message----- From: Air-L [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Devayani Tirthali Sent: July-14-16 3:37 PM To: air-l@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?
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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@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@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
________________________________________________ Pamela Carson Web Services Librarian / Bibliothécaire services web Libraries / Bibliothèques Concordia University / Université Concordia Tel. / Tél. 514-848-2424 ext. / poste 7685 Email / courriel: pamela.carson@concordia.ca Mailing address / adresse postale: 1455 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W., LB-540-05, Montreal, Quebec H3G 1M8 Street address / adresse municipale: 1400 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W., LB-540-05, Montreal, Quebec H3G 1M8 library.concordia.ca concordia.ca
-----Original Message----- From: Air-L [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Devayani Tirthali Sent: July-14-16 3:37 PM To: air-l@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?
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Depends on your survey. It's not _that_ simple. See the paper by Teclaw et al (2011) for instance, Teclaw, R., Price, M., & Osatuke, K. (2011). Demographic Question Placement: Effect on Item Response Rates and Means of a Veterans Health Administration Survey Journal of Business and Psychology DOI: 10.1007/s10869-011-9249-y Best, Arin Sent from my iPhone
On 15/07/2016, at 7:36 AM, Devayani Tirthali <devayani.tirthali@gmail.com> wrote:
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?
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