A Survey with Elementary and High School Female Students on Courses in the Field of Computing
Abstract
This article reports the results of a survey research applied by Meninas.comp Project, performed from 2011 to 2014, about the perception of Brasília's middle and high school students of the area of computer science. The research was applied during the Semana Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia with a paper form. From this collection composed of 3,707 respondents, analyzes were carried out with the R program, and some discussions about the importance of the family and the interest for Comuptation by school level are presented.
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