September 30, 2002
Press Releases about Scientific Studies

Myth Dispelled: Shoe Size, Penis Size Not Linked is another popular Yahoo story today. I doubt this will dispell the myth at all. People will probably forget the story in a few days. But what I'd like to point out is that rather than spoon feeding us the conclusion, or at least in addition to being spoon fed, I wish the reporters would provide some real data as well.

"In all, 104 men had their penis measured and had their shoe size recorded." That's all the data they gave. While the interpretations of the scientists might be useful, it shouldn't be that hard in such a long story to give us the outliers, the median numbers and some data...or at least a link to the full data.

For all we know, this whole study may have been undertaken just to get some publicity...which it did achieve...

Posted by Heretic at September 30, 2002 07:14 PM | TrackBack
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