The survey measuring the informatics skills by genders of Hungarian grammar school students

Abstract

An analysis of informatics skills by gender in secondary grammar schools was made with the help of a web based Informatics Test. In accordance with widespread opinions the hypothesis was that boys would better than girls. After the evaluation of the test results the correctness of this presumption has emerged. First the Kolmogorov-Smirnov-test was used to see if the groups showed standard normal distribution in answering the questions. The means of the correct answers by gender were examined using a Z-test with two parameters and the deviation quotient was to calculated revealing how much gender influences the difference of means. Significance level was 5% through the analysis. Significant divergence by gender was found regarding theoretical knowledge and programming showing the hypothesis correct in this two area.