Show simple item record

Gendered Beliefs in STEM Undergraduates: A Comparative Analysis of Fuzzy Rating versus Likert Scales

dc.contributor.authorCastaño Pérez, Ana María 
dc.contributor.authorLubiano Gómez, María Asunción 
dc.contributor.authorGarcía Izquierdo, Antonio León 
dc.date.accessioned2020-08-20T11:24:44Z
dc.date.available2020-08-20T11:24:44Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.identifier.citationSustainability, 12(15), p. 6227- (2020); doi:10.3390/su12156227
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10651/56278
dc.description.abstractWomen are underrepresented in growing positions such as those related to STEM field careers (i.e., science, technology, engineering, and mathematics). One of the causes for remaining out of that field could lie on gender stereotypes. Undergraduate stereotypes and beliefs are important as could easily uphold future gender segregation at the workplace. In the research arena the measurement of those biased beliefs is important as most commonly used Likert scales (LS) could raise problems in terms of accuracy. As fuzzy rating scales (FRS) are a promising measurement alternative, the aim of this study is to compare the properties of FRS against LS. We conducted a cross-sectional study with 262 STEM and non-STEM participants who answered to a questionnaire that, besides gendered beliefs and injustice perception towards the situation of women at the workplace, included personal characteristics as coursed degree and working experience. Results pointed out, on one hand, that FRS allowed for a better capture of the variability of individual responses, but on the other hand, that LS were better valued than FRS in what is concerned with satisfaction and ease of response. Advantages of FRS for psychosocial measurement are discussed to facilitate the study around causes of segregation that excludes women from the STEM labour market.spa
dc.description.sponsorshipThis research was funded by Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad and Fondos Sociales Europeos (references PSI-2013-44854-R and MTM2015-63971-P); Cátedra Asturias Prevención (reference CATI-04-2018); and Consejería de Economía y Empleo del Gobierno del Principado de Asturias and Fondos Europeos de Desarrollo Regional (reference FC-GRUPIN-IDI/2018/000132).spa
dc.format.extentp. 6227-spa
dc.language.isoengspa
dc.relation.ispartofSustainability, 12spa
dc.rightsCC Reconocimiento 4.0 Internacional
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectFuzzy rating scalespa
dc.subjectLikert scalespa
dc.subjectStereotypes measurementspa
dc.subjectGender equalityspa
dc.subjectSTEM studiesspa
dc.titleGendered Beliefs in STEM Undergraduates: A Comparative Analysis of Fuzzy Rating versus Likert Scalesspa
dc.typejournal articlespa
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/su12156227
dc.relation.projectIDFC-GRUPIN-IDI/2018/000132spa
dc.relation.projectIDPSI-2013-44854-R
dc.relation.projectIDMTM2015-63971-P
dc.relation.publisherversionhttps://doi.org/10.3390/su12156227
dc.rights.accessRightsopen accessspa
dc.type.hasVersionVoR


Files in this item

untranslated

This item appears in the following Collection(s)

Show simple item record

CC Reconocimiento 4.0 Internacional
This item is protected with a Creative Commons License