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Peer reviewedWhitt, Elizabeth J.; Pascarella, Ernest T.; Nesheim, Becki S. Elkins; Marth, Brian P.; Pierson, Christopher T. – Journal of College Student Development, 2003
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…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, College Students, Correlation, Higher Education
