The magnitude and components of change in the black-white IQ difference from 1920 to 1991: A birth cohort analysis of the Woodcock-Johnson standardizations

Intelligence

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 305-318

  Murray, Charles ^a  

^a AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth cohort; Black white differences; Intelligence; IQ; Woodcock Johnson

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247091981     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2007.02.001     Document Type: Article

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