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From: osborn@pipiens.usc.edu (Tom Osborn)
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Subject: Re: Genetics and IQ
Summary: Correlations between parent occupations and educations and kids
Keywords: The Burt Affair
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Date: 29 Aug 89 19:52:36 GMT
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In article <1434@cbnewsd.ATT.COM> kja@cbnewsd.ATT.COM (krista.j.anderson) writes:
>No answers here, but I do have some related questions:
>Have any studies been done on SAT or ACT scores that use an
>analysis of variance or other technique to see whether (and
>if so how) scores are affected by the students' *parents'*
>educational level and socio-economic class?

About ten years ago a friend of mine - Les Bobis - did a similar
study to the one you suggest in Newcastle, Australia. I helped with 
the statistics. The study involved 15 year olds and looked at
parent occupation, parent education, parent aspirations for themselves
and for the kids, and on the kids' side, aspiration and performance
in various aptitude and performance tests. "Social status" of the
parents' occupations was also included, and the study was
stratified.

The correlations were SO HIGH, that the write up was mainly as
case studies. All factors were significant (6+ sigmas, mostly)!!!

Basically, the kids performed and aspired to a level a bit higher
than the parents expected of them and a bit higher than the parents
had achieved. This also applied to IQ (except, of course, the parents
didn't 'expect' their kids' IQ scores, but they did rate their
'smartness' in a rankable way).

>Then next step, of course, would be to look at adopted children's
>scores compared to their step-parents.  :-)

As far as I know, Les didn't publish, but may get 'round to doing
a more extensive study one day. I do recall his study including
citations to similar work.

>Krista A.

Tom Osborn. *** AT USC for 6 months ***
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