Testing the cross-racial generality of Spearman's hypothesis in two samples

Intelligence

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 47-57

  Hartmann, Peter ^a   Hye Sun Kruuse, Nanna ^a   Nyborg, Helmuth ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Hispanic; Intelligence; Racial differences; Spearman's hypothesis; The g factor

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845591802     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2006.04.004     Document Type: Article

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