In this project, we analyzed the effect of instructor gender and student gender on students' evaluations of the professors at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. We used the Statistical Analysis System (SAS) to analyze the data from the first fourteen questions of the WPI evaluation forms which we collected during Term C99 at WPI. Four hundred forms from eleven courses were analyzed. The results seemed to show that female professors received lower ratings than male professors and female professors received their highest ratings from female students and their lowest ratings from male students. However, we could not draw a definite conclusion because the sample size was too small.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Nguyen, Timothy Hung
• Huynh, Khue Bich

Subject

• Computing
• Community
• Learning

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 99B002I

Keyword

• Sex discrimination
• Women in science

Advisor

• Ruiz, Carolina
• Miller, Judith E.

Year

• 1999

Date created

• 1999-01-01

Location

• Worcester

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright