Massive Danish sibling study confirms Charles Murray’s findings

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Massive sibling study just dropped, and was also presented at ISIR 2019. Hegelund, E. R., Flensborg-Madsen, T., Dammeyer, J., Mortensen, L. H., & Mortensen, E. L. (2019). The influence of familial factors on the association between IQ and educational and occupational achievement: A sibling approach. Personality and Individual Differences, 149, 100-107. The present register-based study…

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ISIR 2019 talk: Machine learning psychometrics

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Machine learning psychometrics: Improved cognitive ability validity from supervised training on item level data Andrew Cutler gave the talk since I was unable to attend. Slides are here: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1xxfYTWP2R0ZFvbI24sR1jVyFC_qN_Lw85782zE5Q2Jo/edit#slide=id.p Live tweeted by Russell Warne: Last speaker of the day is Andrew Cutler (Boston U.). He's talking about "Machine Learning Psychometrics."#ISIR2019 #psychometrics #psychology — Russell T….

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