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• 1. [Article] On to the real world : gender and self-efficacy in Excel

  Although there have been a number of studies of end-user software development tasks, few of them have considered gender issues for real end-user developers in real-world environments for end-user programming. In ...

  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: On to the real world : gender and self-efficacy in Excel Author: Inman, Derek, Rector, Kyle, Beckwith, Laura A., Burnett, Margaret, 1949-, Oregon State University. Dept. of Computer Science Although there have been a number of studies of end-user software development tasks, few of them have considered gender issues for real end-user developers in real-world environments for end-user programming. In order to be trusted, the results of such laboratory studies must always be re-evaluated with fewer controls, more closely reflecting real-world conditions. Therefore, the research question in this paper is whether the results of a Gender HCI controlled study generalize -- to real-world end-user developers, in a real-world spreadsheet environment, using a realworld spreadsheet. Our findings are that the concepts revealed by the original laboratory study appear to be quite robust, being demonstrated in multiple ways in this real-world environment. Title: On to the real world : gender and self-efficacy in Excel Author: Inman, Derek, Rector, Kyle, Beckwith, Laura A., Burnett, Margaret, 1949-, Oregon State University. Dept. of Computer Science Although there have been a number of studies of end-user software development tasks, few of them have considered gender issues for real end-user developers in real-world environments for end-user programming. In order to be trusted, the results of such laboratory studies must always be re-evaluated with fewer controls, more closely reflecting real-world conditions. Therefore, the research question in this paper is whether the results of a Gender HCI controlled study generalize -- to real-world end-user developers, in a real-world spreadsheet environment, using a realworld spreadsheet. Our findings are that the concepts revealed by the original laboratory study appear to be quite robust, being demonstrated in multiple ways in this real-world environment. Close