Comments on: Book review: “The mismeasure of man” by Stephen Jay Gould http://eli.thegreenplace.net/2007/04/14/book-review-the-mismeasure-of-man-by-stephen-jay-gould/ Eli Bendersky's personal website Thu, 04 Dec 2008 01:15:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: eliben http://eli.thegreenplace.net/2007/04/14/book-review-the-mismeasure-of-man-by-stephen-jay-gould/#comment-136737 eliben Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:57:13 +0000 http://eli.thegreenplace.net/2007/04/14/book-review-the-mismeasure-of-man-by-stephen-jay-gould/#comment-136737 Ben, Thanks for the interesting information Ben,
Thanks for the interesting information

]]> By: Ben Richards http://eli.thegreenplace.net/2007/04/14/book-review-the-mismeasure-of-man-by-stephen-jay-gould/#comment-136652 Ben Richards Mon, 03 Nov 2008 06:17:17 +0000 http://eli.thegreenplace.net/2007/04/14/book-review-the-mismeasure-of-man-by-stephen-jay-gould/#comment-136652 What about the fact he misrepresents part of the history & overlooks studies that contradict his own position? - Snyderman & Herrnstein (1983) found Gould was incorrect about the tests favouring the Immigration Act 1924. Jews did not do poorly on the tests and Asians actually performed above average. - Gould gets the craniology measurements wrong (Michael 1988). - Gould overlooks identical twin studies. - Gould's factor analysis is incorrect - The Army actually still uses IQ tests, and more generally, the tests have been shown to strongly predict academic performance. http://www.psych.utoronto.ca/~reingold/courses/intelligence/cache/carroll-gould.html http://www.ssc.uwo.ca/psychology/faculty/rushtonpdfs/Gould.pdf http://www.gnxp.com/blog/2006/09/some-notes-on-g-and-factor-analysis.php What about the fact he misrepresents part of the history & overlooks studies that contradict his own position?

- Snyderman & Herrnstein (1983) found Gould was incorrect about the tests favouring the Immigration Act 1924. Jews did not do poorly on the tests and Asians actually performed above average.
- Gould gets the craniology measurements wrong (Michael 1988).
- Gould overlooks identical twin studies.
- Gould’s factor analysis is incorrect
- The Army actually still uses IQ tests, and more generally, the tests have been shown to strongly predict academic performance.

http://www.psych.utoronto.ca/~reingold/courses/intelligence/cache/carroll-gould.html
http://www.ssc.uwo.ca/psychology/faculty/rushtonpdfs/Gould.pdf

http://www.gnxp.com/blog/2006/09/some-notes-on-g-and-factor-analysis.php

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