Naslov
Spearman’s Hypothesis Tested Comparing Young Libyan with European Children on the Items of the Standard Progressive Matrices

Autori
Al-Shahomee, Alsedig Abdalgadr ; te Nijenhuis, Jan ; van den Hoek, Michael ; Spanoudis, George ; Žebec, Mislav Stjepan

Izvornik
Mankind quarterly (0025-2344) 57 (2017), 3; 456-466

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
Spearman’s hypothesis ; Libya ; IQ ; g loadings, ethnic group differences

Sažetak
Spearman’s hypothesis tested at the level of items states that differences between ethnic groups on the items of an IQ test are a function of the g loadings of these items, such that there are small differences between groups on items with low g loadings and large differences between groups on items with high g loadings, and it has been confirmed in a limited number of studies. In this paper we test Spearman’s hypothesis, comparing a group of young Libyan children (N = 900) with other groups of young children from Denmark, Cyprus, and Croatia (total N = 1, 847). The analyses were carried out on four comparisons between the Libyan children and the other children. Spearman’s hypothesis was strongly confirmed with a mean weighted r of .67.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Psihologija, Etnologija i antropologija

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