This is a list of specific psychological tests by the effect size for gender as reported in the most recent meta-analysis or norm. Only some psychological tests have been the subject of such research.

The standard guidelines for interpreting effect size state that

Self-report scales

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Test Effect size Higher scoring group Year published
Kolb's Learning Styles Inventory - Concrete Experience 0.01[2] Women 1994
Kolb's Learning Styles Inventory - Reflective Observation 0.01[2] Women 1994
Kolb's Learning Styles Inventory - Active Experimentation 0.02[2] Women 1994
Barratt Impulsiveness Scale 0.11[3] Men 2011
Kolb's Learning Styles Inventory - Abstract Conceptualization 0.16[2] Men 1994
Narcissistic Personality Inventory 0.15[4] Men 2008
Rosenberg self-esteem scale 0.22[5] Men 1999
Tennessee Self-Concept Scale 0.48[6] Men 2009
Bem Sex-Role Inventory - Masculinity 0.48[7] Men 1997
Sensation Seeking Scale 0.48[3] Men 2011
Bem Sex-Role Inventory - Femininity 0.83[7] Women 2011

Objective tests

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Test Effect size Higher scoring group Year published
Raven's Progressive Matrices 0.33[8] Men 2004
Purdue Spatial Visualization Test: Visualization of Rotations 0.57[9] Men 2013
Mental Rotations Test 0.94[10] Men 1985

References

  1. ^ "THRESHOLDS FOR INTERPRETING EFFECT SIZES".
  2. ^ a b c d Severiens, Sabine E., and Geert TM Ten Dam. "Gender differences in learning styles: A narrative review and quantitative meta-analysis." Higher Education 27.4 (1994): 487-501.
  3. ^ a b Cross, Catharine P., Lee T. Copping, and Anne Campbell. "Sex differences in impulsivity: a meta-analysis." Psychological bulletin 137.1 (2011): 97.
  4. ^ Twenge, Jean M., et al. "Egos Inflating Over Time: A Cross‐Temporal Meta‐Analysis of the Narcissistic Personality Inventory." Journal of personality 76.4 (2008): 875-902.
  5. ^ Kling, Kristen C., et al. "Gender differences in self-esteem: a meta-analysis." Psychological bulletin 125.4 (1999): 470.
  6. ^ Gentile, Brittany, et al. "Gender differences in domain-specific self-esteem: A meta-analysis." Review of General Psychology 13.1 (2009): 34.
  7. ^ a b Twenge, Jean M. "Changes in masculine and feminine traits over time: A meta-analysis." Sex roles 36.5-6 (1997): 305-325.
  8. ^ Lynn, Richard, and Paul Irwing. "Sex differences on the progressive matrices: A meta-analysis." Intelligence 32.5 (2004): 481-498.
  9. ^ Maeda, Y., & Yoon, S. Y. (2013). A Meta-Analysis on Gender Differences in Mental Rotation Ability Measured by the Purdue Spatial Visualization Tests: Visualization of Rotations (PSVT: R). Educational Psychology Review, 25(1), 69-94.
  10. ^ Linn, Marcia C., and Anne C. Petersen. "Emergence and characterization of sex differences in spatial ability: A meta-analysis." Child development (1985): 1479-1498.
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