Bibliograph

The bell curve, intelligence and class structure in American life, Richard J. Herrnstein, Charles Murray

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The bell curve, intelligence and class structure in American life, Richard J. Herrnstein, Charles Murray

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 689-858) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The bell curve

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

33243751

Responsibility statement

Richard J. Herrnstein, Charles Murray

Sub title

intelligence and class structure in American life

Summary

Offering a perspective on the social and economic problems of contemporary America, this study examines the relationship between ethnicity and intelligence

Table Of Contents

1. Cognitive Class and Education, 1900-1990 -- 2. Cognitive Partitioning by Occupation -- 3. The Economic Pressure to Partition -- 4. Steeper Ladders, Narrower Gates -- 5. Poverty -- 6. Schooling -- 7. Unemployment, Idleness, and Inquiry -- 8. Family Matters -- 9. Welfare Dependency -- 10. Parenting -- 11. Crime -- 12. Civility and Citizenship -- 13. Ethnic Differences in Cognitive Ability -- 14. Ethnic Inequalities in Relation to IQ -- 15. The Demography of Intelligence -- 16. Social Behavior and the Prevalence of Low Cognitive Ability -- 17. Raising Cognitive Ability -- 18. The Leveling of American Education -- 19. Affirmative Action in Higher Education -- 20. Affirmative Action in the Workplace -- 21. The Way We Are Headed -- 22. A Place for Everyone -- App. 1 Statistics for People Who Are Sure They Can't Learn Statistics -- App. 2 Technical Issues Regarding the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth -- App. 3 Technical Issues Regarding the Armed Forces Qualification Test as a Measure of IQ -- App. 4 Regression Analyses from Part II -- App. 5 Supplemental Material for Chapter 13 -- App. 6 Regression Analyses from Chapter 14 -- App. 7 The Evolution of Affirmative Action in the Workplace

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