Predicting the conclusions of Negro—White intelligence research from biographical characteristics of the investigator.

Abstract

Questionnaire data were gathered from 82 investigators who had published comparative studies of Negro and white intelligence. The sample represented 64% of the population of researchers. 7 biographical items discriminated between 6 categories of conclusions drawn from research on racial intelligence (R = .4S), which included the following: There are no differences between Negroes and whites in intelligence; differences are due to environment; differences arc due to innate inferiority of Negroes. The 7 biographical variables were: age when research was published; birth order; whether grandparents were American or foreign born; mother's educational level; father's educational level; childhood in rural or urban community; and undergraduate scholastic standing.'Respondents as a percentage of 104 potential subjects to whom Questionnaires were sent: Category 1 (82%); 2 (82%) • 3;(60%)"; 4 (88%); S (0%); 6 (0%); 7 (100%); 8 (86%).

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