A study of intelligence in the United Arab Emirates

Mankind Quarterly

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 58-64

  Khaleefa, Omar ^a,c   Lynn, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Intelligence; Progressive Matrices; Sex differences; United Arab Emirates; Variability

Indexed keywords

EID: 57249084561     PISSN: 00252344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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