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INTELLIGENCE IN TAIWAN: PROGRESSIVE MATRICES MEANS AND SEX DIFFERENCES IN MEANS AND VARIANCES FOR 6- TO 17-YEAR-OLDS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 November 2010

RICHARD LYNN ,
HSIN-YI CHEN  and
YUNG-HUA CHEN
RICHARD LYNN
Affiliation:
University of Ulster, Coleraine, Northern Ireland
HSIN-YI CHEN
Affiliation:
Department of Special Education, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan
YUNG-HUA CHEN
Affiliation:
Chinese Behavioral Science Corporation, Taipei, Taiwan
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Summary

Data for Raven's Progressive Matrices are reported for a sample of 6290 6- to 17-year-olds in Taiwan. The Taiwanese obtained a mean IQ of 109.5, in relation to a British mean of 100. There was no difference in mean scores of boys and girls at age 7 years. At age 10 years girls obtained significantly higher scores than boys, and at ages 13 and 16 years boys obtained significantly higher scores than girls. There was no sex difference in variance at age 7 years. At ages 10, 13 and 16 years variance was significantly greater in boys.

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Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 43 , Issue 4 , July 2011 , pp. 469 - 474
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011

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