"The Bell Curve" by Richard Herrnstein and Charles Murray argued that IQ in largely genetically inherited, that low IQ is correlated with criminality and other measures of social failure. Therefore, socioeconomic successes are largely genetically inherited and many public policies are a waste of money. This volume analyses the same data and comes to very different conclusions. Written at a level suitable for upper-division students, it will be of great interest to students and researchers in statistis, education, psychology, sociology, and public policy.

I Overview.- 1 Reexamining The Bell Curve.- 2 A Synopsis of The Bell Curve.- II The Genetics-Intelligence Link.- 3 Of Genes and IQ.- 4 The Malleability of Intelligence Is Not Constrained by Heritability.- 5 Racial and Ethnic Inequalities in Health: Environmental, Psychosocial, and Physiological Pathways.- III Intelligence and the Measurement of IQ.- 6 Theoretical and Technical Issues in Identifying a Factor of General Intelligence.- 7 The Concept and Utility of Intelligence.- IV Intelligence and Success: Reanalyses of Data from the NLSY.- 8 Cognitive Ability, Wages, and Meritocracy.- 9 The Hidden Gender Restriction: The Need for Proper Controls When Testing for Racial Discrimination.- 10 Does Staying in School Make You Smarter? The Effect of Education on IQ in The Bell Curve.- 11 Cognitive Ability, Environmental Factors, and Crime: Predicting Frequent Criminal Activity.- 12 Social Statistics and Genuine Inquiry: Reflections on The Bell Curve.- V The Bell Curve and Public Policy.- 13 A "Head Start" in What Pursuit? IQ Versus Social Competence as the Objective of Early Intervention.- 14 Is There a Cognitive Elite in America?.- 15 Science, Public Policy, and The Bell Curve.- Contributor Biographies.- Author Index.