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. 2021 May 26;4:622106. doi: 10.3389/fdata.2021.622106

TABLE 6.

Summary of findings.

Hypothesis Conclusion
H1: Women are mainly shown vacancies for female related jobs in their GSE search results True. The bias toward female-oriented jobs is 1.36. This bias is significantly larger than for men
H2: Men are mainly shown vacancies for male related jobs in their GSE search results Not true. Men also receive a bias (0.98) toward female-oriented jobs
H3: Women are mainly shown political involvement opportunities for positions of low power and influence in their GSE results Not true. On the contrary women are presented more powerful opportunities than men, but the difference between men and women is not statistically significant
H4: Men are mainly shown political involvement opportunities for positions of high power and influence in their GSE results True
H5: There is no gender bias in the vacancies shown on DDG to men and women True, no significant difference between men and women, but a bias toward male-dominated vacancies for both men and women
H6: There is no gender bias in the political involvement opportunities shown on DuckDuckGo to men and women True, no significant difference between men and women