Are apparent sex differences in mean IQ scores created in part by sample restriction and increased male variance?

Intelligence

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 42-47

  Dykiert, Dominika ^a   Gale, Catharine R ^b   Deary, Ian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attrition; Gender differences; Intelligence; IQ; Longitudinal studies; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 57349123231     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2008.06.002     Document Type: Article

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