Table 6 Narrative analysis of 472 randomly selected comments on the performance of the same number of teaching assistants (TAs) (n = 324 comments for male TAs, n = 148 comments for female TAs)
From: Gender patterns in engineering PhD teaching assistant evaluations corroborate role congruity theory
Comment Theme (total #of comments in data subset) | % Male TAs received comments | % Female TAs received comments | Fishers Exact p (2-tailed) Male vs Female comments* | % Positive Comments for Male TAs | % Negative Comments for Male TAs | %Positive Comments for Female TAs | %Negative Comments for Female TAs | Fishers Exact p (2-tailed) Male vs. Female (pos vs.neg)* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Communication of content (306) | 62.04 | 70.27 | **0.0203 | 80.09 | 18.90 | 89.42 | 8.65 | ****0.036 |
Supportiveness (228) | 44.14 | 56.76 | ***0.023 | 92.30 | 7.69 | 90.36 | 9.52 | 0.366 |
Verbal/written skills (152) | 32.45 | 27.70 | 0.364 | 67.57 | 32.43 | 79.73 | 29.27 | 0.845 |
General TA quality (126) | 29.32 | 20.95 | 0.060 | 100.00 | 0.00 | 100.00 | 0.00 | 1.000 |
Knowledge (116) | 23.77 | 25.68 | 0.786 | 96.10 | 3.90 | 94.73 | 5.26 | 1.000 |
Pedagogy (85) | 19.44 | 14.86 | 0.192 | 60.32 | 39.68 | 77.27 | 22.72 | 0.199 |
Enthusiasm (56) | 10.18 | 15.54 | 0.177 | 78.79 | 21.21 | 86.96 | 13.04 | 0.500 |
Preparedness (50) | 10.80 | 10.13 | 0.317 | 57.17 | 42.86 | 33.33 | 66.66 | 0.217 |
Fairness (18) | 4.32 | 2.70 | 0.785 | 64.29 | 35.71 | 50.00 | 50.00 | 1.000 |
Confidence (8) | 1.23 | 2.70 | 0.360 | 0.00 | 100.00 | 25.00 | 75.00 | 1.000 |
Fun/humor (4) | 0.93 | 0.68 | 1.000 | 100.00 | 0.00 | 100.00 | 0.00 | 1.000 |