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Main Authors: Young, S. Stanley, Kindzierski, Warren B.
Format: Preprint
Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.10300
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author Young, S. Stanley
Kindzierski, Warren B.
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Kindzierski, Warren B.
contents Males outnumber females in many high-ability careers in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, STEM, and academic medicine, to name a few. These differences are often attributed to subconscious bias as measured by the gender Implicit Association Test, gIAT. We compute p-value plots for results from two meta-analyses, one examines the predictive power of gIAT, and the other examines the predictive power of vocational interests, i.e. personal interests, and behaviors, for explaining gender differences in high-ability careers. The results are clear, the gender Implicit Association Test provides little or no information on male versus female differences, whereas vocational interests are strongly predictive. Researchers of implicit bias should expand their modeling to include additional relevant covariates. In short, these meta-analyses provide no support for the gender Implicit Association Test influencing choice and gender differences of high-ability careers.
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spellingShingle The reliability of the gender Implicit Association Test (gIAT) for high-ability careers
Young, S. Stanley
Kindzierski, Warren B.
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Males outnumber females in many high-ability careers in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, STEM, and academic medicine, to name a few. These differences are often attributed to subconscious bias as measured by the gender Implicit Association Test, gIAT. We compute p-value plots for results from two meta-analyses, one examines the predictive power of gIAT, and the other examines the predictive power of vocational interests, i.e. personal interests, and behaviors, for explaining gender differences in high-ability careers. The results are clear, the gender Implicit Association Test provides little or no information on male versus female differences, whereas vocational interests are strongly predictive. Researchers of implicit bias should expand their modeling to include additional relevant covariates. In short, these meta-analyses provide no support for the gender Implicit Association Test influencing choice and gender differences of high-ability careers.
title The reliability of the gender Implicit Association Test (gIAT) for high-ability careers
topic Applications
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.10300