“I used improper factor analysis, and now there isnt a g factor. Spearman was wrong!”

"I should point out that a number of factor analytic studies of Piagetian tests along with other measures commit an egregious psychological error by orthogonally rotating the factors (or principal…

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Reading material on cognitive epidemiology

I recently got interested in a new field https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_epidemiology Cognitive epidemiology is a field of research that examines the associations between intelligence test scores (IQ scores or extracted g-factors) and…

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Paper: Retaking ability tests in a selection setting implications for practice effects, training performance, and turnover

Retaking ability tests in a selection setting implications for practice effects, training performance, and turnover Found via http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/High_IQ_society   -   Abstract This field study investigated the effect of retaking…

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Educational psychologist 41(4), the issue that is about multiple intelligence ‘theories’

Waterhouse, Lynn. "Multiple intelligences, the Mozart effect, and emotional intelligence: A critical review." Educational Psychologist 41.4 (2006): 207-225. Gardner, Howard, and Seana Moran. "The science of multiple intelligences theory: A…

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Paper: Men and Women Are From Earth: Examining the Latent Structure of Gender

Men and women are from Earth Examining the latent structure of gender. Understanding Dimensions and Taxa One reason why the underlying nature of gender differences has been difficult to address…

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Paper: The Rhetoric and Reality of Gap Closing (Stephen J. Ceci & Paul B. Papierno)

The rhetoric and reality of gap closing—when the “have-nots” gain but the “haves” gain even more. Abstract Many forms of intervention, across different domains, have the surprising effect of widening…

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