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Dykiert, Dominika; Gale, Catharine R.; Deary, Ian J. – Intelligence, 2009
This study investigated the possibility that apparent sex differences in IQ are at least partly created by the degree of sample restriction from the baseline population. We used a nationally representative sample, the 1970 British Cohort Study. Sample sizes varied from 6518 to 11,389 between data-collection sweeps. Principal components analysis of…
Descriptors: Psychological Testing, Cognitive Tests, Intelligence Quotient, Factor Analysis
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Deary, Ian J.; Irwing, Paul; Der, Geoff; Bates, Timothy C. – Intelligence, 2007
There is scientific and popular dispute about whether there are sex differences in cognitive abilities and whether they are relevant to the proportions of men and women who attain high-level achievements, such as Nobel Prizes. A recent meta-analysis (Lynn, R., and Irwing, P. (2004). Sex differences on the progressive matrices: a meta-analysis.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Vocational Aptitude, Siblings, Psychological Testing