Which Is NOT One of the Usual Criticisms of Kinsey's

question 135

Multiple Choice

Which is NOT one of the usual criticisms of Kinsey's methodologies?

• A) Most of the volunteers were homosexual.
• B) The sample was not broad enough to cover all types of people.
• C) Kinsey focused more on rarer types of sexual activity.
• D) Because his research was often self-report in nature, exaggeration and falsification occurred.

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Definitions:

Poisoning the Well

A logical fallacy where adverse information about a target is preemptively presented to an audience, with the intention of discrediting or ridiculing everything that the target person is about to say.

Ad Hominem

A fallacy that involves attacking the person making an argument rather than the argument itself.

Fallacy

An erroneous argument or reasoning, often misleading or based on unsound logic.

Ad Hominem

A logical fallacy where an argument is rebutted by attacking the character, motive, or other attribute of the person making the argument rather than addressing the substance of the argument itself.