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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Real Error of Cyril Burt.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Broca also thought that ________ should be denied the benefits of education due to smaller brains.
(a) women
(b) children
(c) elderly people
(d) leaders

2. Gould says the manner in which ___________ are formulated is also problematic to studies.
(a) scientific questions
(b) data sets
(c) formulas
(d) study conditions

3. David Hume was a believer in the superiority of the _______ and polygeny.
(a) white female
(b) black race
(c) white race
(d) white child

4. Paul Broca was a professor of surgery in what city?
(a) Boston
(b) New York
(c) Paris
(d) London

5. ______________ is a way of measuring the relationship between variables.
(a) Comparison
(b) Correlation
(c) Ranking
(d) A square ratio

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of disease can cause the brain to diminish in size before death?

2. Members of the inferior group were always compared with ________ children.

3. It was discovered that there was no general _________ of intelligence as Spearman once thought.

4. When did craniometry first appear in the study of intelligence?

5. Factor analysis was the _________ technique to be used in intelligence testing, even thought Burt went about it the wrong way.

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