The Bell Curve
eBook - ePub

The Bell Curve

Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life

  1. 912 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Bell Curve

Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life

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The controversial book linking intelligence to class and race in modern society, and what public policy can do to mitigate socioeconomic differences in IQ, birth rate, crime, fertility, welfare, and poverty.

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Publisher
Free Press
Year
2010
Print ISBN
9780684824291
eBook ISBN
9781439134917

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Dedication
  3. List of Illustrations
  4. List of Tables
  5. A Note to the Reader
  6. Preface
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Introduction
  9. Part I: The Emergence of a Cognitive Elite
  10. Part II: Cognitive Classes and Social Behavior
  11. Part III: The National Context
  12. Part IV: Living Together
  13. Afterword
  14. Appendix 1: Statistics for People Who Are Sure They Can’t Learn Statistics
  15. Appendix 2: Technical Issues Regarding the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth
  16. Appendix 3: Technical Issues Regarding the Armed Forces Qualification Test as a Measure of IQ
  17. Appendix 4: Regression Analyses from Part II
  18. Appendix 5: Supplemental Material for Chapter 13
  19. Appendix 6: Regression Analyses from Chapter 14
  20. Appendix 7: The Evolution of Affirmative Action in the Workplace
  21. Notes
  22. Bibliography
  23. Index
  24. Copyright

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