every time a male has sex with a female, both of their opposite-sex partners rise by one.
Just to ensure clarity, you meant to say; “every time a male has sex with a new female [partner], their opposite-sex partners rise by one. Correct?
One other thing which could skew the statistics is the fact that people that have had many sexual relationships can die, and the dead are not often counted in statistical surveys, while some of their partners might be.
While I agree that some attempt should be made to explain the data, it’s a bit much to say it’s “wrong”. There’s no real fault in just reporting the results you actually got without speculation, and there might well be a good explanation.
in general I mistrust surveys to give accurate data.
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Just to ensure clarity, you meant to say; “every time a male has sex with a new female [partner], their opposite-sex partners rise by one. Correct?
One other thing which could skew the statistics is the fact that people that have had many sexual relationships can die, and the dead are not often counted in statistical surveys, while some of their partners might be.
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The true mean values should be close, but the medians etc can be very different.
While I agree that some attempt should be made to explain the data, it’s a bit much to say it’s “wrong”. There’s no real fault in just reporting the results you actually got without speculation, and there might well be a good explanation.
That is a good heuristic.
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