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On the East Asian > White advantage on scholastic tests

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:4. October 2018
  • Post category:intelligence / IQ / cognitive ability
  • Post comments:1 Comment

It's well known that East Asians (Chinese, Japanese, Korean; CJKs) tend to outperform Europeans ('Whites') on cognitive tests. If we look at the standard IQ tests, the advantage is about…

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The personal Jensen coefficient, useful for detecting teaching to the test?

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:18. January 2015
  • Post category:Differential psychology/psychometrics

In my previous paper, I examined whether a personal Jensen coefficient could predict GPA beyond the general factor (or just the normal summed score). I found this not to be…

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Test prepping discussion

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:6. March 2014
  • Post category:Differential psychology/psychometrics

From reddit http://www.reddit.com/r/Khan/comments/1znhcx/khan_academy_gets_rare_partnership_to_close/ Me: Test prepping does not work very well, so it's a minor issue. SAT and ACT tests are mainly tests of g and one cannot train g.…

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