A study of intelligence in Estonia.
The Standard Progressive Matrices was standardised in Estonia in 2001 on a sample of 2,689 12- to 18-yr.-olds. The mean IQ of the Estonian sample was approximately 5 points higher than British IQ norms of 1979. Adjustment for the estimated secular increase of intelligence in Britain reduces the mean IQ of the Estonian sample to 100.2, in relation to a British mean of 100. A particular interest of the result from Estonia is that the intelligence of a European population is apparently not impaired by decades of low living standards.
Lynn
Richard
R
University of Ulster. lynnr540@aol.com
Allik
Jüri
J
Pullmann
Helle
H
Laidra
Kaia
K
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D004957:Estonia; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007360:Intelligence; D007361:Intelligence Tests; D008297:Male; D011594:Psychometrics; D006113:United Kingdom