Posthuma and other experts decided to merge data from 13 earlier studies, forming a vast database of genetic markers and
intelligence test scores.
While society places a high emphasis on being intelligent, research continually demonstrates that motivation is a more accurate predictor of income, academic grades, and occupational success than an individual's score on
intelligence tests.
The judge granted the motion to prohibit the administration of individual
intelligence tests to all such children (Prasse & Reschly, 1986).
When compared to the Kaufman Brief
Intelligence Test (KBIT), the correlation coefficients ranged from .
No significant interaction effect is evident between examiner level of experience and the specific type of
intelligence test administered [Wilks' Lambda = .
Intelligence test measure an individual's ability in relatively global areas such as verbal comprehension, perceptual organization, or reasoning and thereby help determine potential for scholastic work or certain occupation (Gregory,2006,P:58).
As a test with low demands on fine motor skills, the pupils worked through the German version (Weiss, 2006) of the Culture Fair
Intelligence Test (CFT20; Cattell, 1960).
Other researchers have viewed
intelligence test scores as possibly more than just an indicator of an efficient brain.
Adrian Dove, "The Dove Counterbalance
Intelligence Test," New Republic, vol.
As Willingham says, "If it was important in school, it was important on the
intelligence test.
To win- now a quarter million applicants down to 16 cast members for the second season of the NBC hit The Apprentice, producers are subjecting the budding entrepreneurs to six rounds of cuts, two extensive questionnaires, a medical exam, an
intelligence test, and a background check suitable for secret, agents, All the screening is not surprising.
Secondly, Measuring minds informs the reader not only of the early American
intelligence test movement but also of the history of child study and the history of eugenics.
