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ERIC Number: EJ213592
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1979
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Family Configuration and Mental Ability: Two Theories Contrasted with U.S. Data.
Page, Ellis B.; Grandon, Gary M.
American Educational Research Journal, v16 n3 p257-72 Sum 1979
Data are reviewed from the US National Longitudinal Study of Educational Effects. Results from aggregate analysis are quite similar to those reported by others. When individual variation is explored, however, the effects of family configuration become relatively trivial, and the confluence theory appears untenable. (Author/MH)
Descriptors: Birth Order, Cultural Influences, Family Characteristics, Family Influence, Foreign Countries, High Schools, Intelligence, Racial Factors, Socioeconomic Influences, Statistical Bias, Technical Reports
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Colombia; Confluence Model; Family Size; National Longitudinal Study High School Class 1972; United States; Zajonc (Robert B)