National IQs calculated and validated for 108 nations

Intelligence

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 353-360

  Lynn, Richard ^a   Meisenberg, Gerhard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b ROSS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Dominica)

Author keywords

Educational attainment; National IQs; PISA; TIMSS

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954032949     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2010.04.007     Document Type: Review

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