Linearity of offspring-parent regression for general cognitive ability
Tóm tắt
Composite general cognitive ability scores were computed for members of 843 families from the Americans of European Ancestry sample in the Hawaii Family Study of Cognition (HFSC) and were analyzed for linearity of offspring-parent resemblance. Regressions of midoffspring on midparent values using various subgroupings of the data set, as well as a test for the significance of the quadratic regression obtained from an analysis of the entire sample, provided little or no evidence for nonlinear offspring-parent resemblance. These results differ from those recently reported by Reed and Rich [(1982), Behav. Genet.12:535–542], possibly because all family members tested in the HFSC are within the normal range of mental ability, whereas the Reed and Rich sample consists of families having a history of mental retardation.
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