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ERIC Number: EJ253155
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1981-Aug
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How Large Are Cognitive Gender Differences?
Hyde, Janet Shibley
American Psychologist, v36 n8 p892-901 Aug 1981
This study applied meta-analysis techniques to the gender studies cited by Maccoby and Jacklin and assessed the magnitude of cognitive gender differences. Results indicated that gender differences in verbal, quantitative, and visual-spatial ability were very small. (Author/APM)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Analysis of Variance, Children, Cognitive Ability, Quantitative Tests, Sex Differences, Spatial Ability, Statistical Analysis, Verbal Ability, Visual Acuity
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - General
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Language: English
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