Early 20th century social ecology of U.S. state IQ and suicide rates: Evidence from the army alpha and beta intelligence test data of Yerkes (1921)

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1027-1030

  Voracek, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Intelligence; IQ; Social ecology; Suicide; Temporal stability; U.S. states; Yerkes

Indexed keywords

EID: 36649029074     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2007.35.8.1027     Document Type: Article

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