Intelligence in Taiwan: Progressive matrices means and sex differences in means and variances for 6- to 17-year-olds

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 469-474

  Lynn, Richard ^a   Chen, Hsin Yi ^b   Chen, Yung Hua ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Chinese Behavioral Science Corporation   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MALE; REFERENCE VALUE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STATISTICS; TAIWAN;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; TAIWAN;

EID: 79959309650     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: 14697599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932010000611     Document Type: Article

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