Meta-analysis is better analysisi. Human cognitive abilities. J. B. Carroll. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1993. No of pages: 819. ISBN 0-521-38275-0 (hard cover) and 0-521-38712-4 (paper cover). Price £60.00 and £24.95, respectively

General mental ability (GMA) has long been considered one of the best predictors of training success and considerably better than specific cognitive abilities (SCAs). Recently, however, researchers have provided evidence that SCAs may be of similar importance for training success, a finding supporting personnel selection based on job-related requirements. The present meta-analysis therefore seeks to assess validities of SCAs for training success in various occupations in a sample of German primary studies. Our meta-analysis (k = 72) revealed operational validities between ρ = .18 and ρ = .26 for different SCAs. Furthermore, results varied by occupational category, supporting a job-specific benefit of SCAs.

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Science in Antarctica - Antarctic Science. D. W. H. Walton (editor). 1987. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press. 280 p, illustrated, hard cover. ISBN 0-521-26233-X. £25.00.

Polar Record ◽

10.1017/s003224740002249x ◽

1988 ◽

Vol 24 (148) ◽

pp. 72-73

Keyword(s):

Cambridge University ◽

Hard Cover

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Antarctic meteorology and climatology. J.C. King and J. Turner. 1997. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, xi + 409 p, illustrated, hard cover. ISBN 0-521-46560-5. £55.00; US$90.00.

Polar Record ◽

10.1017/s0032247400025754 ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 34 (190) ◽

pp. 256-257

Author(s):

David H. Bromwich

Keyword(s):

Cambridge University ◽

Hard Cover

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American Images of China, 1931–1949.. By T. Christopher Jespersen [Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1996. xx + 254 pp. Hard cover £30.00, ISBN 0-8047-2603-5; paperback £10.95, ISBN 0-8047-2695-7.]Australia′s China: Changing Perceptions from the 1930s to the 1990s.. By Lachlan Strahan [Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996. xv + 374 pp. £40.00, $64.95. ISBN 0-521-48001-9.]

The China Quarterly ◽

10.1017/s0305741000047615 ◽

1997 ◽

Vol 152 ◽

pp. 876

Author(s):

Robert Bickers

Keyword(s):

Stanford University ◽

Cambridge University ◽

Hard Cover

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Basic Documents on Human Rights. Edited by Ian Brownlie. 2nd edition. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1981. 505 pp. 22.50 hard cover, 11.95 paper cover

British Yearbook of International Law ◽

10.1093/bybil/52.1.276 ◽

1982 ◽

Vol 52 (1) ◽

pp. 276-276

Author(s):

R. B. Lillich

Keyword(s):

Human Rights ◽

Paper Cover ◽

Hard Cover

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Meta-analysis of epigenome-wide associations between DNA methylation at birth and childhood cognitive skills

10.1101/2020.12.18.423421 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Doretta Caramaschi ◽

Alexander Neumann ◽

Andres Cardenas ◽

Gwen Tindula ◽

Silvia Alemany ◽

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Keyword(s):

Dna Methylation ◽

Cord Blood ◽

Cognitive Abilities ◽

Cognitive Skills ◽

Strong Predictor ◽

Meta Analysis ◽

Later Life ◽

Life Outcomes ◽

Cognitive Domains ◽

Wide Range

ABSTRACTCognitive skills are a strong predictor of a wide range of later life outcomes. Genetic and epigenetic associations across the genome explain some of the variation in general cognitive abilities in the general population and it is plausible that epigenetic associations might arise from prenatal environmental exposures and/or genetic variation early in life. We investigated the association between cord blood DNA methylation at birth and cognitive skills assessed in children from eight pregnancy cohorts (N=2196-3798) within the Pregnancy And Childhood Epigenetics (PACE) Consortium across overall, verbal and non-verbal cognitive scores. The associations at single CpG sites were weak for all of the cognitive domains investigated. One region near DUSP22 on chromosome 6 was associated with non-verbal cognition in a model adjusted for maternal IQ. We conclude that there is little evidence to support the idea that cord blood DNA methylation at single CpGs can predict cognitive skills and further studies are needed to confirm regional differences.

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Predictive Validity toward Job Performance of General and Specific Mental Abilities. A Validity Study across Different Occupational Groups

Business and Management Studies ◽

10.11114/bms.v4i3.3297 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 4 (3) ◽

pp. 1

Author(s):

Jaroslaw Grobelny

Keyword(s):

Job Performance ◽

Cognitive Abilities ◽

Meta Analysis ◽

Incremental Validity ◽

Validity Study ◽

Occupational Groups ◽

General Mental Ability ◽

Importance Analysis ◽

Mental Abilities ◽

Validity Theory

There are two main views on the role of cognitive abilities in job performance prediction. The first approach is based on meta-analysis and incremental validity analysis research and the main assumption is that general mental ability (GMA) is the best job performance predictor regardless of the occupation. The second approach, referred to as specific validity theory, assumes that job-unique weighting of different specific mental abilities (SMA) is a better predictor of job performance than GMA and occupational context cannot be ignored when job performance is predicted. The validity study of both GMA and SMA as predictors of job performance across different occupational groups (N = 4033, k = 15) was conducted. The results were analyzed by calculating observed validity coefficients and with the use of the incremental validity and the relative importance analysis. The results supports the specific validity theory – SMA proved to be a valid job performance predictor and occupational context moderated GMA validity.

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