本文以後設分析法探討性別差異對電腦態度之影響。文中共收錄並分析28篇以Loyd及Gressard所設計之電腦態度量表（Computer Attitudes Sacale, CAS）為研究工具之研究。研究結果顯示28篇研究之整體效果大小(effect size)為0.273。研究結果說明男性比女性有較正面的電腦態度，但差異不大。至於，是哪些因素導致了這種差異，就必須進一步釐清每一種電腦態度（如：電腦焦慮、電腦信心等）的特性，以及其與性別間的關係。本文僅指出不同性別在電腦態萬上有差異存在，而這項發現本身是重要的。
A meta-analysis was performed to synthesize gender differences on attitudes toward computers for studies using Loyd and Gressards' CAS. Twenty-eight studies were located from three sources, and their quantitative data were transformed into Effect Size (ES). The overall grand mean of the study-weighted ES for all 28 studies was 0.273. The results suggest that gender differences on computer attitudes exist, however, the differences are small. Left unanswered is the question of what factors truly contribute to the differences. Studies of this question will require further clarification of the exact characteristics of each type of computer attitude (i.e, anxiety confidence, liking and usefulness) and their relationships with gender. This meta-analysis points out only that gender differences on attitudes toward computers exist. That information by itself is useful.
