Table 1 GCSE grades and intelligence means and (standard deviations).

From: Pleiotropy across academic subjects at the end of compulsory education

 

N

Whole sample

Male

Female

MZm

DZm

MZf

DZf

DZos

Sex

Zyg

Sex*

r 2

Zyg

Intelligence

4,481

0 (0.99)

0.05

(−0.03)

0.002

0.06

(−0.06)

(−0.05)

0.003

0.47

1.92

0.66

<0.01

(1.01)

(0.98)

(.99)

(1.03)

(0.98)

(.99)

(0.99)

English

12,099

8.91

8.69

9.10

8.65

8.74

9.06

9.08

8.93

169.7**

4.53**

0.06

0.03

(1.21)

(1.25)

(1.16)

(1.26)

(1.22)

(1.15)

(1.18)

(1.23)

Mathematics

12,013

8.94

9.00

8.89

8.98

9.04

8.87

8.89

8.94

5.79*

1.16

0.14

<0.01

(1.45)

(1.44)

(1.34)

(1.42)

(1.43)

(1.44)

(1.46)

(1.45)

Science

11,250

9.01

9.01

9.01

9.01

9.03

9.00

9.00

9.01

1.54

0.001

0.62

<0.01

(1.30)

(1.29)

(1.31)

(1.28)

(1.28)

(1.29)

(1.34)

(1.30)

Humanities

10,183

9.00

8.80

9.18

8.75

8.86

9.15

9.18

8.99

103.57**

4.23*

0.17

0.02

(1.46)

(1.48)

(1.41)

(1.52)

(1.45)

(1.40)

(1.44)

(1.45)

Second language

6,896

8.82

8.65

8.96

8.61

8.69

8.92

8.94

8.83

43.45**

2.86

0.01

0.01

(1.42)

(1.46)

(1.36)

(1.47)

(1.47)

(1.36)

(1.36)

(1.41)

Art

5,460

9.08

8.86

9.20

8.85

8.90

9.16

9.24

9.08

49.71**

0.88

0.89

0.02

(1.27)

(1.32)

(1.22)

(1.29)

(1.29)

(1.25)

(1.22)

(1.27)

Business informatics

4,661

8.96

8.83

9.09

8.88

8.86

9.13

9.03

8.96

25.52**

0.02

1.03

0.01

(1.26)

(1.29)

(1.22)

(1.33)

(1.29)

(1.18)

(1.21)

(1.26)

  1. The maximum GCSE grade is 11 and the minimum grade is 4, representing grades A* to G. N = sample size after exclusions (individuals); MZ=monozygotic; DZ=dizygotic; m = male; f = female; os = opposite sex. ANOVA analyses were conducted after randomly selecting one twin per pair in order to test the main effect of sex and zygosity and the interaction between them. Results = F statistics, r2 = proportion of variance explained; *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01.