Who is Playing What? Game Data and Gender
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Who is playing what?
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So What?•Genderizing HCI – Justine Cassell ▫By 3rd grade, boys think of computers differently than girlsBoys pushed to exploreGirls pushed to use
•Impact of the above in Tech Industry
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Employees in Technological Companies by Gender
12%
WomenMen
88%
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Gender Pay by Job
NMedia
nMen Median Women Median
3621 1365 2693 1452 928 1174
% Men % Median % Women % Median
74% 6% Above 26% 14% Below
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Computer Science Degrees by Women
1967 1984 2006 20100%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
11%
37%
20%12%
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Gender and Games as Last Reported
55%45%
Men Women
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Types of Games – By % Reported Playing (2013)
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19 148
Puzzle Action Sports Strategy RPGSocial Games MMOOther
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Type of Console Games – By Sale (2013) (14.8 Billion in sales)
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15.321.2 22.3
5.8 6.5 8.32.3
Sports Shooter Action RacingRPG2 Adventure Strategy
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Sales Over Time (in Millions) 1996 - 2010
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 20100
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15
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25
30
35
Shooters Non-Shooters
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Top Selling Games of 2013
•Call of Duty: Black Ops II (Shooter)•Madden Football 13 (Sports)•Halo 4 (Shooter)•Assassin’s Creed 4 (Action)•Just Dance 4 (Rhythm Game)•NBA 2k13 (Sports)•Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 (Shooter)•Badlands 2 (Shooter)
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Research Question
•Can you predict gender by type of game played?
• PEW Teen, Video Games and Civics
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Variables in this equation
•IV: What is this child’s Sex? (age 12-18)•DV1: Puzzle Games?•DV2: First-Person Shooters?•DV3: Sports Games?
•Why these specific variables?
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Sex by Puzzle Game
Puzzle Game?
% of SexFemale Male
No65 229 294
13% 41% 28%
Yes447 323 770
87% 59% 72%Overall 512 552 1064
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Sex By First Person Shooter
FPS? % of SexFemale Male
No430 144 574
84% 26% 54%
Yes80 408 488
16% 74% 46%Overall 510 552 1062
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Sex by Sports Games
Sports Games?
% of SexFemale Male
No245 119 648
48% 22% 61%
Yes267 433 700
52% 78% 66%Overall 512 552 1063
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What do the Data Show?
Variable Slope (B)Odds Ratio
(EXP(B)Puzzle -1.658 .191
FPS 2.666 14.389
Sports .854 2.350
Constant -.407 .665
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Classification Table
SexPredicted
% CorrectFemale Male
Female 403 107 79%
Male 90 462 83.7%
Overall 81.5%
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Questions?