Statistics of the Kinsey report.

Abstract * Alfred c. Kinsey, Wardell b. Pomeroy, and Clyde e. Martin, Sexual Behavior in the Human Male. W.B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia and London, 1948. Pp. xv +804. $6.50. The book is commonly referred to simply as “the Kinsey report,” since Kinsey initiated the project in 1938 (p. 10), and did about four-sevenths of all the interviewing that had been done up to the date of publication (p. 11). Similarly, it is common to write “Kinsey” where “Kinsey, Pomeroy, and Martin” or “the authors” would be correct. These abbreviated forms of reference are used throughout this paper.