Modern Answers for a Classic Question: Sex Differences in General Intelligence?

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• Emily Savage-McGlynn, Cambridge University
• Thursday 11 March 2010, 10:30-11:30
• Seminar Room, The Mond Building, New Museums Site.

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Many people continue to ask the question ‘which is the smarter sex?’ Using examples from the UK standardisation of the Raven’s Progressive Matrices, I will discuss two different approaches to answering this age-old question. I will discuss the commonly-used Classical Test Theory, and will try to convince the audience that the modern methods of Structural Equation Modelling are the better option.

This talk is part of the Cambridge Psychometrics Centre Seminars series.

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