A Look at Content Bias in IQ Tests.

Zoref, Leslie; Williams, Paul

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Publication Date: 1980

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A Look at Content Bias in IQ Tests.

Zoref, Leslie; Williams, Paul

Journal of Educational Measurement, v17 n4 p313-22 Win 1980

Criteria were developed to assess sexual and racial item content bias for every item from six IQ tests. Each reference was judged as either stereotyped or not sterotyped. This analysis pointed out an overwhelming sexual and racial imbalance in item content. (Author/RL)

Descriptors: Content Analysis, Ethnic Stereotypes, Evaluation Criteria, Intelligence Tests, Racial Bias, Sex Bias, Sex Stereotypes, Test Bias

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test; Cattell Culture Fair Intelligence Test; Slosson Intelligence Test; Stanford Binet Intelligence Scale; Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale; Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children

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