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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. Gould goes on to say that science has not been constrained by _________.
(a) facts
(b) ideas
(c) numbers
(d) data

2. Goddard believed the mental deficients should be prevented from ____________.
(a) attending school
(b) voting
(c) breeding
(d) marrying

3. Did a desire for ______ lead to the questions and data to support a predetermined conclusion?
(a) ranking
(b) races
(c) slaves
(d) answers

4. Gould wants to reexamine the existing __________ for craniometry and intelligence testing.
(a) scientific researchers
(b) sciences
(c) logic
(d) data sets

5. If inferiority is cultural, then it can be changed by __________ factors
(a) biological
(b) educational
(c) governmental
(d) environmental

Short Answer Questions

1. Spearman also found there is a _______ substrate for intelligence except that this can be affected by outside factors.

2. When Burt's sample increased, his correlation between pairs for IQ _________.

3. Broca's numbers were based on his ______________, according to Gould.

4. The main question becomes, can ________ change the status of the inferior group?

5. The craniometry argument is the first __________ argument that has been offered.

(see the answer key)

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