Ethnic Differences in IQ Scores: What Do They Mean? (A Response to Lloyd Dunn).

Mercer, Jane R.

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Publication Date: 1988

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Ethnic Differences in IQ Scores: What Do They Mean? (A Response to Lloyd Dunn).

Mercer, Jane R.

Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, v10 n3 p199-218 Sep 1988

Responds to Dunn's monograph on Hispanic-Anglo differences in IQ scores. Reviews studies of between-group variance in IQ scores for Blacks, Anglos, and Hispanics; concludes that sociocultural factors are major contributors to such variance. Presents an IQ assessment system that develops sociocultural norms via multiple regression. Contains 24 references. (Author/SV)

Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Blacks, Children, Cultural Influences, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnic Groups, Hispanic Americans, Intelligence, Intelligence Differences, Intelligence Quotient, Intelligence Tests, Nature Nurture Controversy, Opinion Papers, Scores, Test Bias, Test Norms

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test; System of Multicultural Pluralistic Assessment; Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children

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