Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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890965 | Personality and Individual Differences | 2012 | 5 Pages |
Twenty-one studies of intelligence in North Africa are summarised showing a median British IQ of 84. Data are reported for a standardisation of the Standard Progressive Matrices on a sample of 600 adults in Libya giving a median British IQ of 81. Results are reported for the urban–rural, gender and education levels in means and variance. Confirmatory factor analysis provided evidence of four first-order factors and one general factor accounting for 58.7% of the reliable variance.
► Twenty-one North African intelligence studies show a median British IQ of 84. ► Standardisation of Stand. Progr. Matrices in Libya give a median British IQ of 81. ► Urban–rural, gender and education levels in means and variance are reported. ► Principal components analysis showed only one significant factor.