Chapter 18, Problem 10CRP

A study was conducted to determine whether any gender bias existed in an academic science environment, Faculty from several universities were asked to rate candidates for the position of undergraduate laboratory manager based on their application. The gender of the applicant was given in the applicant’s materials. The raters were from either biology, chemistry, or physics departments. Each rater was to give a competence rating to the applicant’s materials on a seven point scale with 1 being the lowest and 7 being the highest. In addition, the rather supplied a starting salary that should be offered to the applicant. These data (which have been altered from an actual study to preserve the anonymity of the respondents) are stored in Candidate Assessment.

Analyze the data. Do you think that there is any gender bias in the evaluations? Support you point of view with references to your data analysis.