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SEX DIFFERENCES ON THE WISC-III AMONG CHILDREN IN SUDAN AND THE UNITED STATES

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 August 2016

Salaheldin F. Bakhiet ,
Ismael S. Albursan ,
Mohammad F. Al Qudah ,
Adel S. Abduljabbar ,
Suliman S. Aljomaa ,
Howida Sirelkhatim Abdalrahim Toto  and
Richard Lynn
Salaheldin F. Bakhiet*
Affiliation:
King Saud University, Saudi Arabia
Ismael S. Albursan
Affiliation:
King Saud University, Saudi Arabia
Mohammad F. Al Qudah
Affiliation:
King Saud University, Saudi Arabia
Adel S. Abduljabbar
Affiliation:
King Saud University, Saudi Arabia
Suliman S. Aljomaa
Affiliation:
King Saud University, Saudi Arabia
Howida Sirelkhatim Abdalrahim Toto
Affiliation:
University of Khartoum, Sudan
Richard Lynn
Affiliation:
University of Ulster, Northern Ireland
*
1Corresponding author. Email: [email protected]
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Summary

The sex differences on the WISC-III are reported for the thirteen subtests, the Verbal and Performance IQs, the four Index IQs and the Full Scale IQs in Sudan and the United States. The sex differences are closely similar in the two samples with a correlation of 0.878 (p<0.001) for the thirteen subtests. Males obtained significantly higher Full Scale IQs in the two samples of 0.23d and 0.11d, respectively.

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Research Article
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Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 49 , Issue 6 , November 2017 , pp. 792 - 797
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press, 2016 

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