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Between-sex differences are often averaging artifacts

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 February 2010

Hoben Thomas
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802. hxt@psuvm.psu.edu

Abstract

The central problem in Geary's theory is how differences are conceptualized. Recent research has shown that between-sex differences on certain tasks are a consequence of averaging within sex differences. A mixture distribution models between-sex differences on several tasks well and does not appear congenial to a sexual-selection perspective.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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