[lbo-talk] Irish priests beat, raped children

[Miles Jackson]

heartfield at blueyonder.co.uk wrote:
>
> Judith Reisman is not alone in finding fault in Kinsey's research, and it
> is an ad homnem argument to say that her views discount her findings. She
> drew attention to a real problem: around half of Kinsey's random sample
> were in fact prisoners.

Two points.  First, about 25% of K's sample were or had been prison 
inmates.  Second, it was not a random sample; it was a convenience 
sample of people who volunteered to disclose personal details about 
their sex lives and fantasies.  No results reported in K's studies 
should be generalized to a broader population.  (That's Sampling 101.)

Miles