I think what John is referring to is the use of the term "bias" to mean that the IQ tests are not different in their predictiveness of outcomes across cultural groups. Certain groups may score lower than others, and this may well be due to prejudice and discrimination that exists in the culture but the test is not biased in the sense that it is differentially successful in predicting certain criteria (often academic success but sometimes other types) for different groups.
Rick Dr. Rick Froman, Chair Division of Humanities and Social Sciences John Brown University Siloam Springs, AR 72761 rfro...@jbu.edu<mailto:rfro...@jbu.edu> ________________________________ From: Christopher Green [chri...@yorku.ca] Sent: Friday, May 02, 2014 2:43 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Chitlin' test On May 2, 2014, at 11:26 AM, John Kulig <ku...@mail.plymouth.edu<mailto:ku...@mail.plymouth.edu>> wrote: There is no evidence of bias in the tests we currently use, for the populations we test. 1) Re: last sentence. Honestly? 2) I suspect that, although alternative tests like the Chitlin' were written to point up shortcomings in IQ tests, the current primary worry is about the same phenomenon in "standardized” ( read "uniform," not "well-constructed") statewide "achievement" tests. Even if you honestly think that we have licked the problem of cultural bias in IQ tests, you can't possibly believe that we have even begun to address it (much less licked it) in this latest round of testing mania. Chris ....... Christopher D Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 chri...@yorku.ca<mailto:chri...@yorku.ca> http://www.yorku.ca/christo --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: rfro...@jbu.edu<mailto:rfro...@jbu.edu>. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13039.37a56d458b5e856d05bcfb3322db5f8a&n=T&l=tips&o=36463 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-36463-13039.37a56d458b5e856d05bcfb3322db5...@fsulist.frostburg.edu<mailto:leave-36463-13039.37a56d458b5e856d05bcfb3322db5...@fsulist.frostburg.edu> --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=36464 or send a blank email to leave-36464-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
