Gender bias in research

A framework to analyse gender bias in epidemiological research.

The design and analysis of research may cause systematic gender dependent errors to be produced in results because of gender insensitivity or androcentrism. Gender bias in research could be defined as a systematically erroneous gender dependent approach related to social construct, which incorrectly regards women and men as similar/different. Most gender bias can be found in the context of disc...

Dutch research funding, gender bias, and Simpson's paradox.

Gender Gap or Gender Bias in Peace Research? Publication Patterns and Citation Rates for Journal of Peace Research, 19832008

Many studies report lower academic productivity among women. But are women less likely to get their research published in the first place? The evidence for potential gender bias in publication and impact is mixed. This article examines the gender dimension of scientific publication in international relations (IR) based on submission data for Journal of Peace Research for the period 1983–2008. I...

Gender bias in cardiovascular advertisements.

RATIONALE Women with cardiovascular disease are treated less aggressively than men. The reasons for this disparity are unclear. Pharmaceutical advertisements may influence physician practices and patient care. AIMS AND OBJECTIVE To determine if female and male patients are equally likely to be featured in cardiovascular advertisements. METHODS We examined all cardiovascular advertisements f...

Gender Bias in Teaching Evaluations

IZA DP No. 11000 SEPTEMBER 2017 Gender Bias in Teaching Evaluations* This paper provides new evidence on gender bias in teaching evaluations. We exploit a quasi-experimental dataset of 19,952 student evaluations of university faculty in a context where students are randomly allocated to female or male instructors. Despite the fact that neither students’ grades nor self-study hours are affected ...