Why do persons from higher mean IQ populations do better even after selection?

Abstract It has been found that workers who hail from higher socioeconomic classes have higher earnings even in the same profession. An environmental cause was offered as an explanation of…

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Harvard SAT and IQ: How much regression towards the mean?

http://pumpkinperson.com/2015/04/13/is-the-sat-an-iq-test/ Blog commenter Lion of the Judah-sphere has claimed that the SAT does not correlate as well with comprehensive IQ tests as said IQ tests correlate with one another. At…

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The general brain factor, working memory, parental income and education, and racial admixture

UNFINISHED ANALYSIS. POSTED HERE TO ESTABLISH PRIORITY. MORE TO FOLLOW! Updated 2015-12-04 Remains to be done: Admixture analysis (doing) Proofreading and editing Deciding how to control for age and scanner…

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The S factor in the British Isles: A reanalysis of Lynn (1979)

Read the study PDF. Emil O. W. Kirkegaard, Ulster Institute for Social Research. Email: emil@emilkirkegaard.dk Abstract I reanalyze data reported by Richard Lynn in a 1979 paper concerning IQ and socioeconomic…

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