Women encode better than men, According to this study

According a study in the United States by Caly Poly women would write the best code compared to men. This study was conducted using data from millions of users of the Github software.

Women encode better than men, According to this study

Still under revision, the study showed that the "pull request", suggestions for changes to software code (often open source), are more likely to be accepted when they come from women.

78.6% of the "pull request" made by women have been accepted, while among coders, this acceptance rate was 74.6%.

Over 25% of women have a rate of 100% (all suggestions are accepted) while males, only 13.5% can claim such a score.

Sexism?

However, it is also suggested that the changes made by women are more likely to be accepted if they use profiles on which the genus is hidden.

When the key propose an amendment as "outsider" on a project, so when the project do not know, and they use profiles on which the genus is not indicated, the acceptance rate is 71.8%.

But when it comes to an outsider whose kind is clearly identifiable, this rate is only 62.5%.

Researchers evoke an "apparent sexism" and explained that although a difference is also found in men, it is of less importance.

To identify the kind users who chose to not indicate this on their profiles, the researchers had to analyze them to see if it is a man or a woman, for example searching profile linked to the email address on social networks.


Source : Presse Citron