Analyses of variance were conducted on WAIS–R age-corrected scaled scores and global intelligence standard scores with gender as the independent variable. Significant differences between men and women were found on three subtests, Information, Arithmetic, and Block Design. For all three significant differences, the 115 men scored higher than the 115 women (M age = 34.8; Range 16 to 71 years). The implications of these findings are discussed.
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