A influência do gênero nos cursos de computação na UFES

• Rebeca C. de Oliveira UFES
• Lucia Catabriga UFES
• Eliana Zandonade UFES
• Andrea Maria P. Valli UFES
• Maria Claudia S. Boeres UFES
• Camila Z. Aguiar UFES

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/wit.2023.230175

Abstract

The objective of this work is to present, analyze and discuss the distribution of genders in Computer Science and Computer Engineering courses at the Federal University of Espírito Santo (UFES), with the aim of investigating the current low female presence. Studies in the world have verified that there has been a great reversal in genders in computing, previously occupied by women creators of various technologies and programming languages. This reality is repeated at UFES, being measured in this work through data, provided by the university, of students entering courses from 1990 to 2022. The quantitative analysis considered, for each student, the year of admission, age, gender, course and form of evasion. In addition to the descriptive analyses, Pearson’s chi-square statistical tests were performed in order to measure the influence of gender on course completion.

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