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A Study Of Jazz Band Participation By Gender In Secondary High School Instrumental Music Programs, Douglas Penn Barber
A Study Of Jazz Band Participation By Gender In Secondary High School Instrumental Music Programs, Douglas Penn Barber
Theses and Dissertations
The purpose of this study was to determine if a gender inequity exists in student participation in high school jazz band.
The sample for this study consisted of students involved in the instrumental programs of high schools in South Jersey. A survey was generated by the researcher to collect data on participation. Sixty-eight surveys were mailed and forty-three were returned.
Data were converted to percentages and compared by instrument for participation in the overall program and the jazz program.
On the basis of these data there is a gender inequity in the participation of jazz band. The difference is a …