Relation of gender and background experience to self-reported computing anxieties and cognitions

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 21-33

  McIlroy, D ^a   Bunting, B ^a   Tierney, K ^a   Gordon, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL HOPE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; PSYCHOLOGY COMPUTING;

GENDER DIFFERENCES; REGRESSION;

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS;

EID: 0035154665     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0747-5632(00)00037-6     Document Type: Article

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