Sex Differences as a Statistical Variable
( Gender Differences in Different Contexts )
Publication series ： Gender Differences in Different Contexts
Author： Chris Lange-Küttner
Publisher： IntechOpen
Publication year： 2017
E-ISBN: INT6304066433
P-ISBN(Paperback): 9789535129059
P-ISBN(Hardback): 9789535129066
Subject： C91 Sociology
Keyword： 社会学
Language： ENG
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Sex Differences as a Statistical Variable
Description
Gender differences are often seen as either biologically determined or culturally acquired or conditioned. However, in an age where gender equality is the main target, neither peer reviewers nor students show much interest in gender differences. Moreover, not only do people try to integrate their ‘ying’ and ‘yang’ in their personalities also transgender identities are publicly acknowledged, appreciated and respected. Thus, in this chapter, I argue that we need to downgrade gender differences to a statistical variable that explains variance, sharpens statistical effects and reveals strategies. I am giving examples from my developmental psychology research where the split-sample analysis by gender showed amazing and often unexpected effects.
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