Measuring Intelligence: Facts and Fallacies
by David J. Bartholomew
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The testing of intelligence has a long and controversial history. Claims that it is a pseudo-science or a weapon of ideological warfare have been commonplace and there is not even a consensus as to whether intelligence exists and, if it does, whether it can be measured. As a result the debate about it has centred on the nurture versus nature controversy and especially on alleged racial differences and the heritability of intelligence - all of which have major policy implications. This book aims to penetrate the mists of controversy, ideology and prejudice by providing a clear non-mathematical framework for the definition and measurement of intelligence derived from modern factor analysis. Building on this framework and drawing on everyday ideas the author address key controversies in a clear and accessible style and explores some of the claims made by well known writers in the field such as Stephen Jay Gould and Michael Howe.
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- Title
- Measuring Intelligence: Facts and Fallacies
- Author
- David J. Bartholomew
- Format/Binding
- Paperback / softback
- Book Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 10
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0521544785
- ISBN 13
- 9780521544788
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge, Uk
- This edition first published
- September 20, 2004
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