Cross-cultural studies of women and the male bias problem

Behavior science resesarch Vol/Iss. 1 Published In Pages: 13
By Whyte, Martin King

Hypothesis

Female fieldworkers will be associated with more evidence for favorable statuses of women, yielding higher coded statuses.

Note

Of 96 correlations, only 9 were significant at the 0.10 level. However, all the significant correlations were positive; the female fieldworkers found women to occupy more favorable social positions.

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
CorrelationPartially supportedUNKNOWNUNKNOWNUNKNOWN

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
Coded Status Of WomenDependentGender Status, Gender Roles And Issues
Fieldworker GenderIndependentObservation In Research