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Alfred Kinsey: Studies
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In high school, Kinsey was a quiet but extremely hard-working student. While attending Columbia High School, he was not interested in sports, but rather devoted his prodigious energy to academic work and the piano. At one time, Kinsey had hoped to become a concert pianist, but decided to concentrate on his scientific pursuits instead. Kinsey's ability early on to spend immense amounts of time deeply focused on study was a trait that would serve him well in college and during his professional career. Kinsey seems not to have formed strong social relationships during high school, but he earned respect for his academic ability. While there, Kinsey became interested in biology, botany and zoology.
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Kinsey developed his interview technique carefully over several years, eventually coming to rely on a special code which he developed. The interviewers had to memorize not only Kinsey's code, but ... the 350 questions which were asked, and the placement of the answers on the sheet. No names were recorded on the sheet -- each respondent was assigned a number. These code sheets were unreadable without the key to the code, which was not permitted to exist in written form. These precautions were all part of Dr. Kinsey's promise of complete confidentiality to participants in the study.
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In 1924, Kinsey fell passionately in love with one of his graduate students, Ralph Voris. Their relationship continued into the 1930s--even after Voris's marriage, and it seemed to some degree to include both their wives.
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