Despite the striking reversal of the gender gap in education, women pursue science,
technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) degrees at much lower rates than those …

Im Vordergrund eines Großteils quantitativer Sozialforschung steht die Schätzung von
kausalen Effekten. Um ein besseres Verständnis des Problems der kausalen Inferenz zu …

Using TIMSS 2015 data, the present study aimed to explore the profiles of attitudes toward
science among Hong Kong eighth-grade students (N= 4138), and further to investigate how …

ABSTRACT A gender gap currently exists in college STEM majors, with a lower percentage
of females entering math intensive fields. One possible explanation is the advice students …

The present study evaluates high school juniors and seniors (n= 295) to explore their
preference for science as indicated by science motivation, attitude, academic experience …

This article discusses the problem of causal inference based on contextual peer effects in
education. For this purpose, I first introduce the counterfactual approach to causality and the …

The general objective was to determine the factors influencing truancy of boys in public
primary schools Nyali Sub-County, Mombasa County, Kenya. Four research objectives were …

This dissertation examines how the relation between students' demographic characteristics
and their educational outcomes varies across US high schools, as well as the school …