Title

Ratios exaggerate gender differences in mathematical ability

Authors

Joseph S. Rossi, University of Rhode Island

Document Type

Article

Date of Original Version

3-1-1983

Abstract

Comments on J. C. Stanley and C. P. Benbow's (see record) assertion concerning gender differences in the distribution of SAT-M scores. The present author contends that if an emphasis on group differences minimizes the magnitude of gender differences, then an emphasis on ratio can only exaggerate such differences. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved). © 1983 American Psychological Association.

Publication Title, e.g., Journal

American Psychologist

Volume

38

Issue

3

Citation/Publisher Attribution

Rossi, Joseph S.. "Ratios exaggerate gender differences in mathematical ability." American Psychologist 38, 3 (1983): 348. doi: 10.1037/0003-066X.38.3.348.