Mankind Quarterly, Vol. 50, No. 4 (Summer 2010)
pp. 318-331
Group Differences in Cognitive Ability: A CHC Theory Framework
Harrison D. Kane
Mississippi State University
Thomas D. Oakland
University of Florida
The Cattell-Horn-Carroll (CHC) model of cognitive ability as represented in the Woodcock-Johnson Tests of Cognitive Ability-III (WJ-III) was examined for Black and White adults matched on various demographic variables. Although Whites performed higher than Blacks (i.e., race differences were found in test scores and accompanying factor means), the results of multisample confirmatory factor analyses found that the same constructs are measured in different groups. Therefore results are directly comparable, and in this sense measured differences can be interpreted as “real” differences on the dimensions that the test is meant to measure.
