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Sex Differences in Intelligence of University Students in South Korea

Richard Lynn, Helen Cheng, Yu Yong Choi, Sun Hee Cho and Kun Ho Lee

10.46469/mq.2018.59.1.9

Published: 2018/09/01

Abstract

Data are reported for the IQs of men and women university students in South Korea showing that men obtained a higher IQ than women by 3 IQ points on the WAIS-R and by 1.8 IQ points on the Advanced Progressive Matrices. Men showed greater variability than women on both tests. The South Korea students obtained a British-scaled IQ of 112.5, approximately 6 IQ points higher than that of British students.

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