[LtdGovt]

I really did not understand what it had to do with the survey. On the face of it, it sounded like a total nonsequitur. There was no direct way I could relate rocks and snowballs to a survey.

So you're concerned that their study allegedly disregarded scientific principles and did not take a valid sample. I don't know about whether either was violated when making the survey, but I think it would be very difficult to get a valid sample of twins when one of the twins is gay. If more surveys are done, then a fusion of those surveys might well produce something that you would agree, is worthy.

Kinsey: As far as I know, he took his subjects from a prison. That would not make a valid sample.

Gore: I think that the earth might well be warming, somewhat, but due to natural causes, since most of the greenhouse gases come from natural sources.

[scripter]

Bailey and Pillard used invalid sampling very much similar to the invalid Kinsey sampling. This method of sampling used by Bailey and Pillard is commonly referred to as the snowball effect. If you aren't familiar with this term (which I assumed some lurkers were not) then I could understand why you didn't get the reference. The example was written in a way I thought would clarify their error.