Sex differences on the WAIS-III in Taiwan and the United States

Hsin Yi Chen, Richard Lynn*

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Abstract

Sex differences are reported in the standardization samples of the WAIS-III in Taiwan and the United States. In Taiwan, men obtained a significantly higher Full Scale IQ than women of 4.35 IQ points and in the United States men obtained a significantly higher Full Scale IQ than women of 2.78 IQ points. The sex differences on the 14 subtests are generally similar with a correlation between the two of.65. In the Taiwan sample there were no conistent sex differences in variability.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)324-328
Number of pages5
JournalMankind Quarterly
Volume61
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2020 Dec 1

Keywords

  • Intelligence
  • Sex differences
  • Taiwan
  • Variability
  • WAIS-III

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Anthropology
  • Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)

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