The OGIAT is specifically designed to assess occupational gender stereotypes by measuring the strength of associations between gender binary and a diverse set of 84 occupations, such as Receptionists, Astronomers, Childcare workers, and Software Developers.
During the OGIAT, participants are required to rapidly sort words into different categories displayed on the left and right sides of the computer screen. They press the "E" key if a word belongs to the category on the left and the "I" key if it belongs to the category on the right. The test consists of five main parts.
In the first part of the OGIAT, participants sort occupations into "High Skill Occupations" and "Low Skill Occupations." For example, if the category "High Skilled Occupations" is on the left and a high-skill occupation appears, participants press the "E" key.
The second part involves sorting gender-related words (e.g., Male, Female) into categories. If the category "Male" is on the left and a word appears, participants press the "E" key.
The third part combines both occupations and gender words. Participants sort the words into categories on the left side as "High Skill Occupations/Male" and on the right side as "Low Skill Occupations/Female." The order of these blocks may vary across participants, with some starting with "High Skill Occupations/Female, Low Skill Occupations/Males" and others with "High Skill Occupations/Male, Low Skill Occupations/Female."
The fourth part involves switching the placement of the concepts. Previously, the category "High Skill Occupations" might have been on the left, but now it is on the right. The number of trials in this section is increased to reduce the effects of the practice.
In the final part of the OGIAT, the categories are reversed from what they were before. For instance, if the category on the left were previously "High Skill Occupations/Male," it would now be "High Skill Occupations/Female."
The OGIAT score is determined based on the time taken by an average person to sort words in the third part of the OGIAT compared to the fifth part of the test. An implicit preference for High-skill occupations and Males over High-skill occupations and Females is indicated if participants are faster to categorize words when high-skill occupations and males share a response key, and low-skill occupations and males share a response key relative to the reverse scenario.