Mankind
Quarterly, Vol. 49, No. 3-4 (Spring-Summer 2009)
pp. 292-300
Intelligence in Libya: Norms for the Verbal WISC-R
Richard Lynn
University of Ulster
Saleh El-Ghmary Abdalla, Alsedig Abdalgadr Al-Shahomee
University of Omar Al–Mukhtar, Libya
Results are reported for a standardization of the verbal scale of the American WISC-R on a sample of 870 children aged 6 through 16 years in Libya. Scored against American norms, the sample obtained a mean IQ of 81.7. There was no difference between girls and boys in either means or variability.
