2. Europeans outside Europe
Europeans have migrated to many parts of the world. Studies of the intelligence of these populations are summarized in Table 3.2. Rows 1 and 2 give IQs of 93 and 98 for Argentina. Row 3 gives an IQ of 97 for Australia based on a standardization of the American Otis test. Row 4 gives an IQ of 100 for Australia derived from the administration of the SPM to National Servicemen (the IQ of this sample was 102, but because men obtain higher
Table 3.2. IQs of Europeans outside Europe Location
Age
N
Test
IQ
9-15 5-11 9-13 18
1,680 420 35,000 6,700
SPM CPM Otis SPM
93 Rimoldi, 1948 98 Raven et al., 1998 97 Mclntyre, 1938 100 Craig, 1974
5 Australia 6 Brazil 7 Canada
5-10 9-10 7-12
700 735 313
CPM SPM SPM
98 95 97
8 Canada Canada 9 Chile
6-16 21
2,200 2,200 178
10 Colombia
13-16
50
11 Mexico 12 N. Zealand
7-10 9-15
155 26,000
13 N. Zealand
9-17
3,108
14 N. Zealand
8-9
1,692
15 S. Africa 16 USA 17 USA
15 11 11
1,056 1,000 1,215
SPM WISCR SPM SB TM
18 USA 19 USA 20 USA
14-18 18-70 16-80 16-80
10,000 625 332
DAT 101 Lynn et al., 1987b SPM 100 Raven et al., 1996 WAIS-3 WAIS-3 101 Wycherl Wycherley ey & Benjami Benjamin, n, 1998
21 USA 22 Uruguay 23 Zimbabwe
4-14 12-25 7
2,097 1,634 256
1 2 3 4
Argentina Argentina Australia Australia
Reference
Raven et al., 1995 Fernandez, 2001 Raven et al., 1996
WISC-3 WISC-3 100 Prifite Prifitera ra et al., al., 1998 3DW 99 Broer, 1996 WISC95 Ardila et al., 2000 R SPM 98 Lynn et al., 2005 OTIS 99 Redmond & Da vies, 1940
PPVT SPM SB
101 Reid & Gilmore, 1989 102
Fergusson &c Horwood, 1997
94 Owen, 1992 100 Scottish Council, 1933 99 Scottish Council, 1949
103 Michael, 2003 96 Risso, 1961 100 Weyl, 1967a&b
mean IQs than women by approximately 5 IQ points on this test (Lynn and Irwing, 2004), the figure has been reduced to 100). Row 5 gives an IQ of 98 for a sample of young Australian children. Row 6 gives an IQ of 95 for European children in Brazil from Sao Paulo. Row 7 gives an IQ of 97 for Canada obtained from a sample of 7 to 12 year olds. Row 8 gives an IQ 18
