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Differences Between Women and Men in Objectively Measured Outcomes, and the Factors That Influence Those Outcomes, in the First Three Years of College
- Journal of College Student Development
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Volume 44, Number 5, September/October 2003
- pp. 587-610
- 10.1353/csd.2003.0060
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We examined the correlation between sex and cognitive outcomes of a national sample of students at four-year institutions. Outcomes data included objective tests and self-reported gains. In the presence of controls for a wide variety of potentially confounding variables, significant differences were found between women and men in outcomes and in factors influencing those outcomes.