TABLE 2 .
Effect of including female conveners on the gender composition of scientific sessions
| Meeting and yr | No. of sessions (F/M ratio)a |
P valueb | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | No female conveners | 1 or more female conveners | ||
| GM | ||||
| 2011 | 65 | 28 (28/88) | 37 (57/90) | 0.0121 |
| 2012 | 76 | 35 (32/109) | 41 (77/99) | 0.0001 |
| 2013 | 75 | 41 (44/117) | 34 (69/82) | 0.0009 |
| Total | 216 | 104 (105/314) | 112 (203/271) | <0.0001 |
| ICAAC | ||||
| 2011 | 84 | 55 (50/168) | 29 (42/68) | 0.0045 |
| 2012 | 85 | 47 (47/134) | 38 (56/95) | 0.0324 |
| 2013 | 75 | 47 (28/142) | 32 (47/75) | <0.0001 |
| Total | 244 | 149 (125/444) | 99 (145/238) | <0.0001 |
a
F/M denotes the total number of female (F) and male (M) invited speakers.
b
P value of the comparison of F/M ratios calculated by chi-square test (two tailed) with the Yates correction.