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The trees are not the forest, and monogamy is certainly not a kind of wood

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 August 2005

Shashi Kiran*
Affiliation:
National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India560029

Abstract:

The target article, which is part of a larger study, the International Sexuality Description Project (ISDP), seeks to explore cross-culturally aspects of human mating behavior on a global scale. However the nonrepresentation of large cultures restricts the depth of this study. The inferences drawn from such a sample must therefore remain limited despite the impressive sample sizes. In a larger context it raises thoughts on how partial disclosures may misrepresent the design of the larger study.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2005

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