It's an often postulated theory, but it fails on account of self-reported data. Note that evidence indicates that r IQ x honesty is positive
Sex offenders seem to be particularly dull compared to other violent criminals. 82 vs. 89 IQ. But smallish n=411. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160252705000452 …pic.twitter.com/B0YkEernmX
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Still, it's possible that smart people on these crime self-reports suffer from biased memory or do selective lying.
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See also my post here on measurement issues in criminology. It's not very easy to measure criminality. http://emilkirkegaard.dk/en/?p=6054
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correct me if I'm wrong but 7 IQ points is a decent size effect so is 400 a small sample?
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Author reports .01>p<.05, so no. But author apparently controlled for education, so sociologist fallacy... @TomRichardson78
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Author did not report means and SDs so we can't even calculate our own analysis. I requested the data a year ago, no luck @TomRichardson78
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@sentientist proof that men are dumber? -
women can be offenders too
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