Do age-group differences on metal tests imitate racial differences?

Intelligence

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 107-121

  Jensen, Arthur R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; g factor; IQ; Race; Spearman's hypothesis

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CAUCASIAN; CHRONOLOGY; CLINICAL STUDY; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTELLIGENCE TEST; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENTAL FUNCTION; MENTAL TEST; NEGRO; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOMETRY; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARDIZATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0037349975     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0160-2896(01)00090-3     Document Type: Article

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