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Terman Life-Cycle Study of Children with High Ability, 1922-1991

(73 datasets; 144,141 KB)

Principal Investigator(s): Terman, Lewis M., et al.

Summary: This study of the personal and life characteristics of children with high ability follows the 1,528 respondents from 1922 through the latest series of interviews with the surviving cohort of 720 in 1986. The original research objectives were to replace myths about intellectually superior children with documented facts. In 1922, the children were identified on the basis of an intelligence test as being in the top one percent of the population. Their development was followed over the next sixty ye... (view details)

Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08092.v3

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