John D. Giorgis wrote:
>
>It is not clearly biased at all. Even assuming a 10% homosexuality rate,
>which I suspect is rather high, that means only one out of every 10
>charachters who engage in relationships could be expected to have a
>homosexual relationship. Given the number of charachters on a given show,
> there is nothing outside reasonable probablility. (This is especial true
>if you discount the original series where even if a homosexual relationship
>was written, it would certainly never be aired.)
>
Ok, but if we assume a 1% homosexuality rate, which I suspect is rather
small, in the 1000 relationships that were shown in Star Trek there should
be a mean of 10 with sigma of about Pi [:-)], so that a 95% confidence
interval should include at least 3 homosexual relationships.
Alberto Monteiro
