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		radu_floricica on Sept 21, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Rich, Black, Flunking Can you point me in a direction for source? Academic success and income, sorry.

thras on Sept 21, 2009 [–]

Here's .8 for academic success: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi...

I'm sorry about the number for income -- everyone has it at a correlation of .3 to .6. I believe that I was thinking of Lynn's numbers for national incomes, which is correlated at .7 or so to average IQ.

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