Regularities in Spearman's law of diminishing returns

Intelligence

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 95-105

  Jensen, Arthur R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MENTAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0037351348     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0160-2896(01)00094-0     Document Type: Article

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