MEASURING INTELLIGENCE Fact and Fallacies

BARTHOLOMEW, David J.

ISBN 10: 0521544785 / ISBN 13: 9780521544788

Published by Cambridge University Press, Cambridge UK, 2004

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Glossy cover clean, tiny hint of corner rubbing. xiv +172, occ. figs numbered by chapter; author's sig.on t.p. with light pencil note 'Signed bu author 5th December 2009', erasable but numerous pencil marginal lines and occ. marginalia. 15 cm x 22.5 cm.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: MEASURING INTELLIGENCE Fact and Fallacies
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge UK
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521544785
• ISBN 13: 9780521544788
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Psychology & Human Sciences

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

David J. Bartholomew is Emeritus Professor of Statistics, London School of Economics, Fellow of the British Academy and a former president of the Royal Statistical Society. He is a member of the editorial board of various journals and has published numerous books and journal articles in the fields of statistics and social measurement.