Dataset for paper Children’s Interest in a CS Career: Exploring Age, Gender, Computer Interests, Programming Experience and Stereotypes

Data used for the published paper Children’s Interest in a CS Career: Exploring Age, Gender, Computer Interests, Programming Experience and Stereotypes.<br>In this study, we research the interest children aged 7 to 14 have in a CS career. Additionally, we look into whether children with different characteristics have a different interest in CS. As such our research question: How does children’s interest in a CS career differ based on their a) age, b) gender, c) computer interests, d) programming experience, and e) stereotypical beliefs? We collected data from 200 children in a science museum located in the Netherlands. We gathered data on their gender, age, computer interests, programming experience, stereotypical beliefs and interest in becoming a programmer - as representative of a CS career. We used self-reported closed questions and reduced-length Child Implicit Association Tests.

本数据集对应已发表论文《儿童对计算机科学（Computer Science，简称CS）职业的兴趣：探究年龄、性别、计算机兴趣、编程经历与刻板印象》。本研究聚焦7至14岁儿童对计算机科学职业的兴趣，同时考察不同特质儿童在该兴趣上是否存在差异，据此提出核心研究问题：儿童对计算机科学职业的兴趣会如何随以下因素产生差异？a）年龄；b）性别；c）计算机兴趣；d）编程经历；e）刻板印象认知。研究团队从荷兰一家科技馆招募200名儿童参与数据采集，收集了儿童的性别、年龄、计算机兴趣、编程经历、刻板印象认知，以及成为程序员的意愿——程序员职业可作为计算机科学职业的代表性岗位——的相关数据。本研究采用自报告式封闭式问卷与简化版儿童内隐联想测验（Child Implicit Association Test）完成数据收集工作。