Multivariate Analyses of the Sociology of Intelligence

Abstract

This chapter is concerned with multivariate studies of the sociology of intelligence, by which is meant the intelligence of populations and its relation to a variety of economic, social, cultural, and epidemiological phenomena concerning earnings, unemployment, literacy, intellectual achievements, health, and so forth. Studies of this kind have generally been made on the populations of districts of a city such as New York or London, or of a number of cities or regions within a country, such as the cities or states in the United States or regions in the British Isles. The units of analysis are therefore populations rather than individuals.