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COMMENTS ON THE PAPER BY LYNN ET AL. ON THE INTERPRETATION OF CORRELATIONS BETWEEN IQ AND ACHIEVEMENT TEST SCORES

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 2008

WILLIAM LICHTEN
Affiliation:
Kendal on Hudson, Sleepy Hollow, NY 10591, USA
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In a recent article in this journal, Lynn et al. (2007) found a high correlation between average national IQs and achievement test scores in 67 countries and concluded ‘The correlation is so high that national IQs and educational achievement appear to be measures of the same construct.’ The author finds here the data do not support this conclusion.

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