Diversity in STEM and how to increase diversity is a hot topic in today’s discussions about research and education policy. Some of the recent discussion in this regard points towards projects/examples that are used in education: are the projects more “appealing” to men than women? There are some natural constraints and focuses that STEM education must have, but even so there can still be a wide scope without changes to the actual content. A recent project at IT University of Denmark found a gender difference when high school students were to choose between two projects that differed in scope but were otherwise similar. This report analyses student preferences at the course Introduction to statistics at Technical University of Denmark (DTU). The very large number of people in the study (>4000) makes it ideal for studying gender effects in relation to project preferences.
