PSYC37H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 19: Current Literature, Communication, Jargon
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Much of the controversy regarding testing has centered on the finding that on average, the iq scores of. African americans are one standard deviation below the scores of white americans. Asian american students obtained the highest average scores, followed by white and african american students: differences result from: General (g) factor measured by iq tests: the real dispute about racial differences in intelligence test results is why the differences exist. A test has adverse impact if it systematically rejects higher proportions of minority than non-minority individuals: e. g. , if an employer declined applicants from specific minorities based on a psychological test result. Increasing numbers of people no longer report their race when asked making it difficult to interpret racial differences in test performance: each year the college board releases a report that summarizes sat scores. Students who did not report ethnicity tended to get lower scores on the sat. One in four test takers did not disclose their ethnicity.
