Gender and ethnicity differences in freshmen engineering student attitudes: A cross-institutional study

Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 477-489

  Besterfield Sacre, Mary ^a   Moreno, Magaly ^b,g   Shuman, Larry J ^c,f   Atman, Cynthia J ^d,e  

^a University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^b MD 5358   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e KETTERING UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Stanford University   (United States)

^g AMR   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; DATA REDUCTION; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STATISTICAL METHODS; SURVEYS;

ENGINEERING PROGRAMS; ENGINEERING STUDENTS; QUESTIONNAIRE;

STUDENTS;

EID: 19644399052     PISSN: 10694730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2168-9830.2001.tb00629.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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