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NORMATIVE DATA FOR IQ, HEIGHT AND HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE FOR CHILDREN IN SAUDI ARABIA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2013

ADEL A. BATTERJEE ,
OMAR KHALEEFA ,
KHALIL ASHAER  and
RICHARD LYNN
ADEL A. BATTERJEE*
Affiliation:
Dar al Thikr Schools for Boys, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
OMAR KHALEEFA
Affiliation:
University of Khartoum, Sudan
KHALIL ASHAER
Affiliation:
Sudan Academy of Science, Khartoum, Sudan
RICHARD LYNN
Affiliation:
University of Ulster, Coleraine, Northern Ireland, UK
*
1Corresponding author. Email: a-batterjee@althike.edu.sa
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Summary

Normative data are reported for intelligence, height and head circumference for a sample of 1553 6- to 15-year-olds in Saudi Arabia, and for the correlations between these variables. Intelligence was tested with the Standard Progressive Matrices, on which the Saudi sample obtained a British IQ of 76.2. There were no significant differences in means between boys and girls and differences in variability were inconsistent. The heights of the Saudi sample were generally lower than those of the American norms. The differences in head circumferences between the Saudi children and the American norms were inconsistent. Correlations between IQ and height were weaker than those found in other studies but correlations between IQ and head circumference were positive.

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Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 45 , Issue 4 , July 2013 , pp. 451 - 459
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013 

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