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The purpose of this article is two-fold. First, we will investigate whether there is any validity to the notion that female accounting majors are outperforming male accounting majors, Second, we will consider the ramifications which our results imply for the job market.
Over the past two decades, we have seen an increase in the percentage of females who are majoring in accounting. During conversations with colleagues, one frequently hears that female students seem to be outperforming male students in the accounting courses that they take. The purpose of this article is two-fold. First, we will investigate whether there is any validity to the notion that female accounting majors are outperforming male accounting majors. Second, we will consider the ramifications which our results imply for the job market
The authors completed a study that focused upon the final grade earned in the Intermediate Accounting course sequence during the past five years. We also looked back a total of ten years, and our results were similar to our five year period. Grades for 808 students who were enrolled in Inter-mediate Accounting at Robert Morris College during the past five years were examined. There were 439 females and 369 males. In order to determine if there were differences between female and male grades, a chi-square analysis was conducted on the data. The results of the grades are presented in Exhibit 1. The chi-square statistic of 14.807 is significant...