Science: Sex differences in attainment

Journal of Social, Political, and Economic Studies

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 101-124

  Lynn, Richard ^a   Mikk, Jaan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b IAULIAI UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Abilities; Gender; Intelligence; Interests; Science attainment; TIMSS; Variance ratio

Indexed keywords

EID: 41849094779     PISSN: 0278839X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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