DISCRIMINATION M: 2.5 % N: 48 EDUCATION M (sum): 20.6 %; N: 57-59 M (qt.): 9.8 %; N: 57 M (ql.): 11.0 %; N: 59 Expert Opinion on the Causes of International Differences in Intelligence - 2013 Survey of Expert Opinion on Intelligence David Becker Department of Psychology Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany david.becker@s2009.tu-chemnitz.de Heiner Rindermann Department of Psychology Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany heiner.rindermann@psychologie.tu-chemnitz.de Thomas R. Coyle Department of Psychology University of Texas at San Antonio, USA thomas.coyle@utsa.edu GENES M: 15.3 % N: 60 WEALTH M: 8.8 % N 59 CULTURE M: 7.2 % N: 58 POLITICS M: 5.2 % N: 51 MIGRATION M: 3.9 % N: 45 TEST BIAS M: 3.2 % N: 49 HEALTH M: 10.0 % N: 59 MODERNIZATION M: 7.6 % N 54 TEST KNOWLEDGE M: 5.7 % N: 54 SAMPLING ERROR M: 4.0 % N: 49 GEOGRAPHY M: 3.4 % N: 53 CURRENT CLIMAT M: 2.5 % N: 52 1. Mean rating of the causes of InatD in cognitive ability and intelligence. 3. Qualitative and quantitative education as causes of InatD. [Red: quant. edu.; blue: qual. edu.; figures in %] FINLAND 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 ROMA (GYPSIES) M(qt.): 13.8; N: 50 M(ql.): 14.0; N: 49 ISRAEL M(qt.): 9.1; N: 34 M(ql.): 10.9; N: 36 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 1 6 1 8 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 1 6 1 8 2. Genes as causes of InatD. [M in %] FINLAND M: 13.6 N: 48 SOUTH EUROPE M: 16.8 N: 48 LATIN AMERICA M: 17.0 N: 40 SUB-SAHARA M: 16.5 N: 49 ARAB.-MUSLIM M: 17.0 N: 42 EAST-ASIA M: 17.9 N: 49 ROMA (GYPSIES) M: 20.0 N: 40 ISRAEL M: 19.4 N: 38 JEWS (in Western world) M: 23.9 N: 44 IMMIGRANTS (from Middle East in Western world) M: 21.6 N: 37 4. Identified deviations in rating of the causes of InatD (≥ 3%). SUB-SAHARA +2.6 (minor dev.) M:13.2 17.3 N: 45 48 SOUTH EUROPE 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 M:10.7 14.6 N: 39 42 LATIN AMERCIA 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 M:12.9 14.7 N: 39 42 SUB-SAHARA 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 M:11.2 11.9 N: 47 47 ARAB.-MUSLIM 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 M:12.5 14.0 N: 41 42 EAST-ASIA 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 M:16.0 14.2 N: 50 49 JEWS (in Western world) M(qt.): 12.0; N: 39 M(ql.): 13.2; N: 41 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 1 6 1 8 IMMIGRANTS (from Middle East in Western world) M(qt.): 12.0; N: 35 M(ql.): 13.0; N: 36 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 1 6 1 8 Introduction This poster examines expert opinions on the causes of international differences (InatD) in cognitive ability and intelligence using responses from a larger survey (overview of the 2013 Survey of Expert Opinion on Intelligence presented in Rindermann et al. at ISIR 2013). The survey of expert opinions consisted of 62 main questions with follow-up questions and space for comments. Experts were sampled from publications (including the journals Intelligence and Cognitive Psychology) on intelligence, cognitive abilities, and student achievement. Notice of the study was emailed to ISIR members and posted to the ISSID homepage, and colleagues were asked to inform other researchers of the study. Only people who received a participation code could participate. The poster is divided into four parts. Part 1 presents expert opinions on the causes of international differences. Parts 2 and 3 present opinions on the two as most important rated factors, on influences of genes, and on qualitative (ql.) and quantitative (qt.) aspects of education, both in different regions and groups. Part 4 presents regional and group-related deviations from the general average in expert ratings. All sections report mean expert ratings in percentages (M in %), and the number of responses (N). 14th ISIR Conference, Melbourne, Australia, December 12-14, 2013 Reference: Rindermann, H., Coyle, T. R. & Becker D. (2013). 2013 survey of expert opinion on intelligence. Presented at the 14th ISIR conference, Melbourne, Australia, December 12-14, 2013. JEWS (in Western world) +8.6 +8.0 +9.0 +6.3 IMMIGRANTS (from Middle East in Western world) FINLAND ql. qt. +6.4 +3.4 EAST-ASIA +6.7 qt. +6.2 ql. +3.2 SOUTH EUROPE ql. +4.8 +4.6 +3.6 ARAB.-MUSLIM +7.0 +3.9 LATIN AMERICA +3.8 ql. +3.7 q