Spearman’s Hypothesis Tested Comparing Saudi Arabian Children and Adolescents With Various Other Groups of Children and Adolescents on the Items of the Standard Progressive Matrices
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 24078219 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jan te Nijenhuis (0000-0002-1268-6121, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, corresponding author), Adel A Batterjee (University of Jeddah), Michael van den Hoek (Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences), Jüri Allik (0000-0002-8358-4747, University of Tartu), Vladimir Sukhanovskiy (Parsons (United States)) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 634-647 |
| Publication date | 2017-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Biosocial Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-9320 • E-ISSN: 1469-7599 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0021932016000535 |
| PMID | 27817753 |
| OpenAlex | W2555488264 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 58 |
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 ethnic groups on items with low g loadings and large differences between ethnic groups on items with high g loadings; this has been confirmed in a limited number of studies. In this paper, Spearman’s hypothesis was tested, comparing a group of Saudi children and adolescents ( N =3209) with other groups of children and adolescents from Denmark, Cyprus, Croatia, Bosnia, South Africa, Estonia, Ukraine, Ireland, Russia and Chile (total N =9333). The analyses were carried out on twelve comparisons between the Saudi Arabian children and the other children. Spearman’s hypothesis was confirmed less strongly than in other large-scale studies with a mean weighted r value of 0.44. The relevance of these findings for the discussion on the causes of group differences is discussed.
Age groups · Ethnic group · Spearman's rank correlation coefficient · Statistical significance · Statistics · Test (biology) · Cognitive Abilities and Testing · Demography · Mathematics · Medicine · Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,38 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2019 (2) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |