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Appendix 3-4
Estimated adjusted mean effects and differences based on the modeled probability of at least one
female candidate interviewed.a
Mean Odds Ratios
(lower, upper 95% confidence limits)
Disciplines
Biology 0.51 (0.25, 0.76)
Chemistry 0.80 (0.68, 0.91)
Mathematics 0.80 (0.64, 0.96)
Electrical Engineering 0.84 (0.72, 0.96)
Physics 0.84 (0.73, 0.95)
Civil Engineering 0.81 (0.66, 0.96)
Type of position
Tenured 0.73 (0.59, 0.86)
Tenure-track 0.82 (0.74, 0.91)
Tenured - tenure track 0.57 (0.22, 0.93)
Type of institution
Private 0.79 (0.67, 0.92)
Public 0.77 (0.65, 0.92)
Private - public 1.17 (0.19, 2.16)
Prestige of institution
Top 10 0.82 (0.72, 0.91)
Next 10 0.75 (0.59, 0.91)
Remaining institutions 0.77 (0.62, 0.92)
Top 10 - Next 10 1.50 (0.39, 2.62)
Top 10 - Remaining 1.33 (0.02, 2.65)
Next 10 - Remaining 0.89 (-0.13, 1.90)
Search committee chair
Male 0.77 (0.62, 0.93)
Female 0.78 (0.71, 0.86)
Male – female 0.95 (0.16, 1.74)
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Ratio of Mean Odds Ratios
Differences across disciplines (lower, upper 95% confidence limits)
Biology – Chemistry 0.26 (-0.04, 0.55)
Biology - Mathematics 0.26 (-0.08, 0.59)
Biology - Electrical Eng. 0.19 (-0.06, 0.45)
Biology – Physics 0.19 (-0.04, 0.42)
Biology - Civil Engineering 0.24 (-0.08, 0.56)
Chemistry - Mathematics 0.99 (-0.01, 2.00)
Chemistry - Elect. Eng. 0.75 (0.06, 1.44)
Chemistry - Physics 0.75 (-0.01, 1.50)
Chemistry - Civil Engineering 0.94 (0.03, 1.85)
Mathematics - Elect. Eng. 0.76 (-0.11, 1.62)
Mathematics - Physics 0.75 (-0.03, 1.53)
Mathematics - Civil Eng. 0.95 (-0.30, 2.19)
Elect. Eng. - Physics 0.99 (0.07, 1.92)
Elect. Eng. - Civil Eng. 1.25 (0.13, 2.37)
Physics - Civil Engineering 1.26 (0.10, 2.41)
Type of position
Tenured - tenure track 0.57 (0.22, 0.93)
Type of institution
Private - public 1.17 (0.19, 2.16)
Prestige of institution
Top 10 - Next 10 1.50 (0.39, 2.62)
Top 10 - Remaining 1.33 (0.02, 2.65)
Next 10 - Remaining 0.89 (-0.13, 1.90)
Search committee chair
Male – female 0.95 (0.16, 1.74)
SOURCE: Departmental survey conducted by the committee.
The sample size used to fit this model was 667.
a
For differences across effect level, the mean represents the ratio of odds ratios between the two
factor levels.
b
The same effects were fit as in Appendix 3-2.
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