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Nature 438, 31-32 (3 November 2005) | doi:10.1038/438031a; Published online 2 November 2005

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Intelligence: A gender bender

Steve Blinkhorn1

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The conclusion of a number-crunching exercise on various data sets is that male university students have significantly higher IQs than their female counterparts. But the methodology used is deeply flawed.

"Finding bad reasons for what we believe on instinct" is how the philosopher F. H.

  1. Steve Blinkhorn is at Psychometric Research and Development Limited, Brewmaster House, The Maltings, St Albans, Hertfordshire AL1 3HT, UK.
    Email: steve@prd.co.uk

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