Skodak and Skeels: The Inflated Mother-Child IQ Gap.

Flynn, James R.

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Publication Date: 1993

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Skodak and Skeels: The Inflated Mother-Child IQ Gap.

Flynn, James R.

Intelligence, v17 n4 p557-61 Oct-Dec 1993

Data of Skodak and Skeels (1949) are reinterpreted to suggest that at least one-third of the reported advantage of adopted children's intelligence quotients (IQ) over adoptive mothers is an artifact of the IQ test norms. The children's mean IQ could easily be higher than the estimated figures usually quoted. (SLD)

Descriptors: Adopted Children, Adoptive Parents, Comparative Analysis, Estimation (Mathematics), Intelligence Quotient, Mothers, Research Methodology, Research Problems, Research Reports, Test Norms

Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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