Just another deeply flawed, likely invalid "study". > We analyzed the Online College Social Life Survey dataset[1] Is there any way to guarantee that the sexu

Just another deeply flawed, likely invalid "study". > We analyzed the Online College Social Life Survey dataset[1] Is there any way to guarantee that the sexual choices and attitudes are independent of the likelihood of responding to this survey? > dataset of over 24,000 undergraduate students Let's establish a large yet completely irrelevant sample size. > students whose last hookup was with a same-sex partner (N = 383 men and 312 women). So, our actual universe is at most 2.9% of the original self-selected group of individuals who chose to respond to this survey. If the OCSLS is representative, then this means at most 2.9% of all undergraduate students at U.S. colleges hooked up with a same-sex partner the last time they hooked up with someone. > significant minority of these students (12% of men and 25% of women) who labelled their sexual orientation "heterosexual" So, now we are down to 46 men and 78 women for a total of 0.52% of the original "over 24,000 undergraduate students". Again, if the original OCSLS is representative, this means at most 0.52% of all undergraduate students who identify as heterosexual had a hookup with a same-sex partner the last time they hooked up with someone. > Latent class analysis revealed six distinctive "types" of heterosexually identified students whose last hookup was with a same-sex partner. So, now we are able to split those 124 students into six separate groups. 75 of them engaged in "private sexual experimentation". There were 15 women who were 'conforming to a "performative bisexuality" script of women' and 34 of them had "strong religious practices and/or beliefs". So, 0.14% of undergraduate students in American colleges have strong religious beliefs that may preclude homosexuality and their last hookup was with a same-sex partner. > including 7% who exhibited "internalized heterosexism." That corresponds to about 9 people out of the 24,000 whose last hookup was with a same-sex partner who also exhibited internalized heterosexism. I am making no statement about the behavior of anyone other than the "researchers" who like to mention one-large number, and use percentages the rest of the way. This effectively creates the impression of more practically significant results than warranted, especially since the survey and responses on sensitive questions like this are subject to selection bias in the first place. [1]: http://www.nyu.edu/projects/england/ocsls/ http://www.nyu.edu/projects/england/ocsls/