Tag: test bias

Notes on videos of Arthur Jensen defending his work

Dec 5, 2020Russell T. WarneA. James Gregor, Aaron V. Cicourel, achievement testing, aptitude testing, Arthur Jensen, Arthur L. Stinchcombe, Curt Stern, human variability, intelligence testing, IQ testing, Jack King, John Hurst, Joshua Lederberg, Lee Cronbach, Paul Kay, Phil Donahue, scientific communication, standardized tests, test bias, William J. Libby Jr.

The most important name in intelligence research in the second half of the 20th century is educational psychologist Arthur Jensen (1923-2012). From the late 1960s until his death, Jensen was the world’s foremost intelligence researcher who singlehandedly made methodological and scientific breakthroughs that greatly advanced intelligence research. I never got to meet Arthur Jensen, but…

Comparing the 1975 and 1996 APA statements on intelligence

One of the most highly cited articles in intelligence research is a 1996 report commissioned by the American Psychological Association’s Board of Scientific Affairs to provide an authoritative statement on the science of intelligence (Neisser et al., 1996). What many people do not know, though, is that this was not the first time APA’s Board…