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To: NYer
A forty-eight page study to be published two weeks from now

It'll be interesting to see if the MSM reports it.

15 posted on 06/14/2005 8:28:09 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: Mr. Mojo

headline "Study Bashes gays, findings are controversial"
with somewhere in the story to make a note "the only crime most homosexuals commit is engaging in lovemaking with their partner, which many right-wing nut states have declared such an act as against the law"


68 posted on 06/14/2005 11:12:54 AM PDT by absolootezer0 ("My God, why have you forsaken us.. no wait, its the liberals that have forsaken you... my bad")
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To: Mr. Mojo; Uncle Hal

"It'll be interesting to see if the MSM reports it."

The MSM will not report it for several reasons, but partly because Psychological Reports is not a reputable journal. It is what's known in the sciences as a "vanity" journal in which authors pay by the page to have their work published. They are a lot less picky about what they take than mainstream journals. The MSM usually only follows the major journals in each field.

To a scientist, even this superficial summary of the study suggests that there are a lot of potential flaws in Cameron's analysis and interpretation. His conclusion may be correct, but it is unlikely to be demonstrated by these data. There are all sorts of reasons one might see a correlation between self-reported sexual orientation and self-reported criminal activity that have nothing to do with his interpretation.


76 posted on 06/14/2005 2:47:54 PM PDT by Kahonek
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