Gender Differences in Selection of an Institution of Higher Education
A Discriminant Analysis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13665879 |
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| Authors | Stephen Powers (Tucson Unified School District, corresponding author), Peggy Douglas (0009-0007-5438-386X, University of Arizona) |
| Year | 1985 |
| Volume | 56 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 295-298 |
| Publication date | 1985-02-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Psychological Reports (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2466/pr0.1985.56.1.295 |
| OpenAlex | W1987911927 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 1 |
The differences between undergraduate men's and women's reasons for selecting an institution of higher education were investigated. A discriminant analysis indicated that academic quality of the institution, parental influence, and financial considerations were the most important variables for discriminating between the 85 men and 128 women
Academic institution · Developmental psychology · Higher education · Institution · Linear discriminant analysis · Management · Political science · Selection (genetic algorithm · Social science · Sociology · Statistics · Artificial Intelligence · Gender Diversity and Inequality · Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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