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Baker, Keith – Phi Delta Kappan, 1997
Educational researchers and policymakers need to understand the ecological correlation fallacy, since so much bad research (and policy) has been based on it. Aggregate data may or may not yield results that are true for individuals. Only individual-level data can correctly answer questions about the relationship between variables for individuals.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Individual Differences
Peer reviewedJensen, Arthur R. – Public Interest, 1991
The author recounts his experiences investigating alleged fraud by Cyril Burt (1976) in his work on the genetic foundations of human intelligence. The evidence fails to prove Burt guilty, and his assertions about the genetic factors of individual differences in intelligence are finding corroboration in contemporary psychology. (SLD)
Descriptors: Credibility, Deception, Fraud, Genetics
