Male Psychology Majors
In our Introduction to Statistics class there are 8 males out of 46 students (MacEwen, 2008). This means that 17.39% of the students in our Introduction to Statistics class are male.
8/46 = .1739 or 17.39%
In 2005 the national average for undergraduate psychology majors was 25% male and 75% female (Bailly, 2005). This means that our psychology class falls under the average amount of male psychology majors. This could be due to the fact that our sample size of 46 students is too small to have chance not be taken into consideration. Also, the University of Mary Washington has a rather low ratio of male to female students. Both these are factors that contribute to our results.
MacEwen, B. (2008, spring). Psychology 261. Class lectures. University of Mary Washington.
Bailly, M., King, A., McCray, J. (2005). General versus gender-specific attributes of the Psychology major. Journal of General Psychology. http://209.85.165.104/search?q=cache:K0kDBfts1X0J:www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-132
