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From: cjsgro@watrose.UUCP (cjsgro)
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Subject: Virginity paper:  How will the summary format be?
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Date: Fri, 1-Feb-85 13:17:32 EST
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Posted: Fri Feb  1 13:17:32 1985
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The survey that I'm conducting on virginity is going great!  So far, there
have been over 35 responses.  Some people have expressed a concern over 
the type of summary that I would do (BTW, the concensus is overwhelming 
for some kind of summary).  The summary that I had intended to do was 
a statistical-type summary.  There would be NO names of respondents 
involved and no INDIVIDUAL data involved.  Therefore, there would be no
way to identify the respondents.  There will also be a section for 
question #8 (other comments).  For this section, I will be sorting through 
the responses that I received for this question and selecting the responses
that I feel would be useful.  I would then MAIL the comment back to the
sender and ask for their permission to include their comment in the summary.
If they give permission, then the comment will be included in the summary
WITHOUT A NAME ASSOCIATED WITH IT.  Thus, the comment will be totally 
anonymous.  Naturally, if permission is not given, I won't include the
comment in the summary.  

To sum up, the summary will look like this:
	- totals of figures (e.g. number of non-virgins, average age, etc.).
	- cross-statistics (e.g. desire to have started earlier as a function
		of age of first intercourse, etc.).
	- comments that are anonymous and that have been approved for 
		release by the person.

If the prospect of having your opinion/life experience "summarized" over the 
net was scaring you away from responding, I hope that this might convince 
you to reconsider.  In any case, keep those responses coming!