Author: James B. Shearer
Date: 14:32:33 04/21/98
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On April 19, 1998 at 14:26:43, Bruce Moreland wrote: >If you are going to post incredibly controversial conclusions like this, >please at least post a citation. > >It is very hard to argue (or agree) with this point, since I don't know >who said it, how they figured it out, who funded the research, or >anything else about this. Greater male variance is not particularly controversial (at least among experts). See for example: 1. "Gender and Brains, II", Dan Seligman, Forbes, April 20,1998, p. 52-54. 2. "The ETS Gender Study: How Females and Males Perform in Educational Settings", Nancy S. Cole, May 1997, ftp://etsis1.ets.org/pub/res/gender.pdf. 3. "Sex Differences in Mental Test Scores, Variability, and Numbers of High-Scoring Individuals", Larry Hedges and Amy Nowell, Science, 269(1995), p. 41-45. From [2]: "Below the 10th percentile and above the 90th percentile, there are about 4 females for every 5 males." (p. 18) and "male scores about 10% more variable on average" (p. 28). 10th percentile is about IQ 120, so Fernando's original post overstated the amount of the difference. James B. Shearer
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