Participation rates and the difference in performance of women and men in chess.
The superiority of men over women in chess has been cited as evidence that there are fundamental differences in male and female intelligence (Howard, 2005a, 2006; Irwing and Lynn, 2005). An alternative interpretation of the difference is that it is due to differential male and female participation r...
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| description | The superiority of men over women in chess has been cited as evidence that there are fundamental differences in male and female intelligence (Howard, 2005a, 2006; Irwing and Lynn, 2005). An alternative interpretation of the difference is that it is due to differential male and female participation rates in chess (Charness and Gerchak, 1996; Bilalić and McLeod, 2006; Chabris and Glickman, in press). This has been dismissed by Howard (2006) on the grounds that changes in the difference in skill level between top male and female players in recent years are not correlated with changing relative participation rates. Here it is shown that Howard's analysis is misleading. The data are consistent with differential participation rates as the explanation of the gap between the performance of women and men in chess. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:05cc43ac-4984-46e3-81b3-90523ceec3482022-03-26T08:59:05ZParticipation rates and the difference in performance of women and men in chess.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:05cc43ac-4984-46e3-81b3-90523ceec348EnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2007Bilalić, MMcLeod, PThe superiority of men over women in chess has been cited as evidence that there are fundamental differences in male and female intelligence (Howard, 2005a, 2006; Irwing and Lynn, 2005). An alternative interpretation of the difference is that it is due to differential male and female participation rates in chess (Charness and Gerchak, 1996; Bilalić and McLeod, 2006; Chabris and Glickman, in press). This has been dismissed by Howard (2006) on the grounds that changes in the difference in skill level between top male and female players in recent years are not correlated with changing relative participation rates. Here it is shown that Howard's analysis is misleading. The data are consistent with differential participation rates as the explanation of the gap between the performance of women and men in chess. |
| spellingShingle | Bilalić, M McLeod, P Participation rates and the difference in performance of women and men in chess. |
| title | Participation rates and the difference in performance of women and men in chess. |
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