A 1989 study investigated the effect of heredity and environment on
intelligence. Data are the IQ scores for adopted children whose
biological and adoptive parents were categorized either in the highest
or the lowest socioeconomic status category.
Usage
ex1319
Arguments
Format
A data frame with 38 observations on the following 3 variables.
IQ
IQ scores of adopted children
Adoptive
a factor with levels "High" and
"Low"; the socioeconomic status of the adoptive parents
Biologic
a factor with levels "High" and
"Low"; the socioeconomic status of the biological parents
References
Capron, C. and Duyme, M. (1991). Children's IQ's and SES of
Biological and Adoptive Parents in a Balanced Cross-fostering Study,
European Bulletin of Cognitive Psychology11(3): 323--348.