Measuring Intelligence: Facts and Fallacies - Softcover

Bartholomew, David J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521544785 ISBN 13: 9780521544788

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2004

Synopsis

This book penetrates the thicket of controversy, ideology and prejudice surrounding the measurement of intelligence to provide a clear non-mathematical analysis of it. The testing of intelligence has a long and controversial history and whether intelligence exists and can be measured still remains unresolved. The debate about it has centered on the "nurture versus nature" controversy and especially on alleged racial differences and the heritability of intelligence.

About this title

Book Description:

The testing of intelligence has a long and controversial history. It is not even agreed whether intelligence exists and, if it does whether it can be measured. The debate about it has centred on the nurture versus nature controversy and especially on alleged racial differences and the hertitability of intelligence. This book aims to penetrate the mists of controversy, ideology and prejudice which surround the measurement of intelligence and to provide a clear, non-mathematical treatment drawing on familiar everyday ideas.

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0521544785
• ISBN 13: 9780521544788
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 186