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Best Christmas surprise in a long time. These look to be in the late 40s - early 50s which were oppressive times for homos but could be oh-so-fun at the same time. Just a wonderful retrospective, thank you so much. Holiday greetings to you too, Chief. Your blog is one of the gifts that keep on giving! vik
The funny thing about the 40s is how common experimentation was even as overt homosexuality was rare. Go figure. It's a paradox. (Wertham for the oppression a d Kinsey for the ubiquity.) Puns aside, merry Christmas to all and to all a good night. Err, God bless us, everyone. Or something.
Some modern researchers say Kinsey's sampling would not meet current standards because a big chunk of his respondents were self selected by their willingness to discuss their sex lives. Whether that's true or not, the work was groundbreaking and opened a lot of eyes.
The Kinsey studies had sampling ( selection) bias, because he/ his group did not properly select their participants. Ideally, the people in his studies should have been chosen randomly while still adhering to the study criteria. When researchers fail to select their participants at random, they run the risk of impacting the validity of their results because their sample does not accurately reflect the population of interest.
Back atcha, and thank you for all you do.
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You're welcome, Dan!
DeleteWhat a great set of posts to start my Christmas day! Thank you!
ReplyDeleteGlad you liked it James, especially since you helped inspire and inform it.
DeleteThank you, Jerry, and the same to you and yours.
ReplyDeleteCheers!
DeleteBest Christmas surprise in a long time. These look to be in the late 40s - early 50s which were oppressive times for homos but could be oh-so-fun at the same time. Just a wonderful retrospective, thank you so much. Holiday greetings to you too, Chief. Your blog is one of the gifts that keep on giving! vik
ReplyDeleteWhat a nice comment, vik! I'm glad I can to do this.
DeleteThe funny thing about the 40s is how common experimentation was even as overt homosexuality was rare. Go figure. It's a paradox. (Wertham for the oppression a d Kinsey for the ubiquity.) Puns aside, merry Christmas to all and to all a good night. Err, God bless us, everyone. Or something.
DeleteSome modern researchers say Kinsey's sampling would not meet current standards because a big chunk of his respondents were self selected by their willingness to discuss their sex lives. Whether that's true or not, the work was groundbreaking and opened a lot of eyes.
DeleteThe Kinsey studies had sampling ( selection) bias, because he/ his group did not properly select their participants. Ideally, the people in his studies should have been chosen randomly while still adhering to the study criteria. When researchers fail to select their participants at random, they run the risk of impacting the validity of their results because their sample does not accurately reflect the population of interest.
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