How to Ask About Gender Identity of Software Engineers and "Guess" It from the Archival Data

Alexander Serebrenik

doi:10.1007/978-1-4842-9651-6_28

How to Ask About Gender Identity of Software Engineers and "Guess" It from the Archival Data

Alexander Serebrenik (Corresponding author)

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Abstract

Multiple studies of gender in software engineering require identifying gender of the individuals involved either by asking them (when conducting interviews and surveys) or by “guessing” it from archival data recorded in software repositories. In this chapter we discuss ways to ask about gender in surveys and interviews as well as three groups of automated genderization approaches proposed in the literature: name-to-gender, face-to-gender, and artifact-to-gender. For each one of the approaches, we discuss the way they work, the associated ethical concerns, the reliability and accuracy concerns, and the assumptions they make.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Software Engineering
Subtitle of host publication	Best Practices and Insights
Editors	Daniela Damian, Kelly Blincoe, Denae Ford, Alexander Serebrenik, Zainab Masood
Publisher	Apress, Inc.
Chapter	28
Pages	487-505
Number of pages	19
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-4842-9651-6
ISBN (Print)	978-1-4842-9650-9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-9651-6_28
Publication status	Published - 21 Sept 2024

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How to Ask About Gender Identity of Software Engineers and "Guess" It from the Archival Data. / Serebrenik, Alexander (Corresponding author).
Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Software Engineering: Best Practices and Insights. ed. / Daniela Damian; Kelly Blincoe; Denae Ford; Alexander Serebrenik; Zainab Masood. Apress, Inc., 2024. p. 487-505.

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