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Do children of gay and lesbian couples have a lower high-school graduation rate?
Is this study reliable?
We often get questions on Skeptics.SE about one particular study, asking if it "proves" some controversial claim.
The short answer, without even looking at the study,...
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Have 10-15% of the general population had at least one incestuous sexual contact when under the age of consent?
The first reference is to Healing the Incest Wound: Adult Survivors in Therapy, by Christine Courtois.
An online copy of the original book is available to borrow for free.
We can confirm that on page ...
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Are half of transgender women inmates (in England and Wales) sex offenders or category A prisoners?
No.
The first article you linked, from Fair Play For Women, cites a BBC article dated after the article, that calls their organization out for questionable interpretation of the data. While they have ...
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Do children of gay and lesbian couples have a lower high-school graduation rate?
Unknown
Usually, an analysis of this type would be independently verifiable. The authors would summarize how the data was generated, how it was analyzed, and a skilled scientist could then reproduce ...
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