The Average IQ of the Basic – Stage Southern Sudan Pupils and Its Correlation with Other Variables

The aim of the present study is to investigate the average IQ of the basic – stage Southern Sudan pupils and its correlation with such variables as the age, birth order, and identifying the IQ differences attributed to factors such as the gender, and social status, To achieve these aims; the researcher adopted the correlation descriptive method on sample of Southern Sudan basic – stage pupils in Alhaj Yusuf East Sector. The sample was chosen according to the purposive sampling, the sample size was1330 pupils, 717 of whom were males, whereas 613 were females. The tools of data collection were Raven's Standard Progressive Matrices Test (SPM) and Wechsler Similarities Test, using the following statistical tools for analysis: Alpha Cronbach, Pearson's correlation co-efficient. T. test for independence sample, T. Test for two independence sample ANOVA and Bonferroni Test. A number of results were reached, the major of which were: the IQ in raw scores was 15.43 points; on Alkhateeb standard it was 80.37, on Sudanese standard was 88.44, whereas it was 70.02 on the British standard, there is no statistically significant differences between males and females expect in raw scores and raw Similarities in favors of males, whilst there was a statistically significant correlation between the IQ and age expect in Sudanese standard. There was no statistically significant correlation between the IQ and birth order. There were IQ differences according to the social status of the parents based on the raw score of (SPM) and Similarities, whilst there were no differences in the other standards. The study recommended the following: the need for improving educational and family environment, and the observance of cultural differences when conducting IQ tests.