In a recent article Jensen proposed the existence of what was termed the sex x race x ability interaction in which the differences in mental ability between the black sexes were larger than the corresponding differences among whites. Three large sources of data that were analyzed failed to reveal the interaction. Since Jensen's own work suggested…

This study examined racial experimenter effects in counseling-like interviews employing the verbal operant-conditioning paradigm. The absence of significant differences in the experimenter-subject racial interaction suggests that race, per se, may not be the most important variable in the experimenter-subject (or counselor-client) relationship.…

This study was concerned with academic performance in black and white children and the interactions of race with other variables on school achievement. Results indicated blacks scored lower than whites and fell farther behind as they progressed from grade to grade. (Author)

Effects were studied of 12 teacher and 11 student characteristics (including SES and ethnicity) on 7 student outcomes--cognitive, affective and coping skills. Fifty-three sixth grade teachers and 1,190 Black, Chicano and Anglo students participated. A series of covariance and regression analyses showed significant curvilinear and interaction…

This paper serves as an introduction to a group of papers produced by the Classroom Interaction Project of the Center for Research in Social Behavior at the University of Missouri in Columbia. This project has been chiefly concerned with ascertaining if black-ghetto and white-suburban classrooms use language differently and, if so, in what ways.…