Secular declines in spearman's g: Some evidence from the united states

Journal of Genetic Psychology

Volumn 161, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 337-345

  Kane, Harrison ^a   Oakland, Thomas D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; UNITED STATES; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 0034276623     PISSN: 00221325     EISSN: 19400896     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00221320009596716     Document Type: Article

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