IQ testing shows average score disparities between black and white populations
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Multiple reliable sources and studies confirm that IQ testing reveals average score disparities between black and white populations, though scientists attribute these observed gaps to environmental and social factors rather than genetics.
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Wikipedia: Intelligence quotient
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Wikipedia: Race and intelligence
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cambridge.org: The nature of the black–white difference on various psychometric tests: Spearman's hypothesis | Behavioral and Brain Sciences | Cambridge Core
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Indicates black and white populations differ, on average, by about one standard deviation on current IQ tests.
sciencedirect.com: The magnitude and components of change in the black–white IQ difference from 1920 to 1991: A birth cohort analysis of the Woodcock–Johnson standardizations
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Analyzes components and changes in the black-white IQ difference from 1920 to 1991.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov: Ethnic differences in children's intelligence test scores: role of ...
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Examines intelligence test score differences between black and white children and how social factors affect them.
en.wikipedia.org: Race and intelligence
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Confirms differences in average test performance between racial groups have been observed with IQ testing.