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RTFA. The article explicitly defines what is meant by relationship, and their definition includes friendship with the opposite gender.

• thomastjeffery 4y ago
  > and their definition includes friendship with the opposite gender. So the data is definitely ambiguous. That's my entire point. On top of that, my complaint is directed much more broadly than this article. As I mentioned before, this particular article did provide some data explicitly about sexual relationships. That's really great. Most studies don't.
  • eska 4y ago
    „Do you want a relationship (friendship or dating) with someone of the opposite sex?“ is not ambiguous. Stop ranting. Personally I find people who don’t read the (short) article and go on a long strawman rant more problematic than what you complain about.
    • thomastjeffery 4y ago
      1. I did read the article. I simply wasn't interested in arguing with you about its contents to prove I had. 2. The article was taking about some specific data points and some vague data points. The ambiguity I am referring to is in the data provided by a vague question's answers. Asking if people want to be in a relationship does not tell us clearly and unambiguously what kind of relationship they are interested in. 3. The article is treated as a topic for discussion here. I'm allowed to expand discussion to other closely related information. Taking about a general trend that applies to all relationship studies, when the topic is a relationship study, is not a strawman or way off topic. You are just gatekeeping conversation.