Psychometric, personality and anthropometric variation in a group of Oxfordshire villages

SummaryAn account is given of a survey of psychometric, personality and anthropometric variation among adults resident in nine villages in the Otmoor region of Oxfordshire. Using the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, I.Q. variation was found between the sexes, social/occupational groups and the villages. Measures of extraversion and consistency obtained from the Eysenck Personality Inventory differentiated the social classes, and neuroticism the sexes. Anthropometric variation apparently existed between the villages independently of social class composition. Significant associations of a low order of magnitude have been found between many of these different measures and the results are discussed in relation to the demographic and social structure, and the history of the region.