简析金西性调查的方法特点

Methodological Characteristics of Kinsey’s Survey on Sex

金西对于人类性行为的调查,采用的是个案访谈方法。这一调查是跨学科的、综合性的,具有开拓性的意义。金西调查的特点是客观真实,他采用许多有效方式来检验获得数据的客观真实性。金西调查报告另一个特点是实事求是,他在确定结论的普遍性时十分慎重,根据调查样本大小情况的不同作出各种适当的论断。金西调查还彻底抛弃那种非此即彼的僵硬思维,很好地协调了坚持归类与承认变异、坚持规则与采取灵活性的关系,将个案访谈的优点发挥到极致,而将其不足降低到最小。

Kinsey survey of human sexual behavior, by using the method of case interviews, is cross-disciplinary, integrated with a ground-breaking significance. Kinsey survey is characterized by objective truth. He used many effective ways to verify the authenticity of the objectivity of obtaining data. Another feature of Kinsey survey is realistic. He is very cautious to establish the universality of the conclusions, according to the survey sample size to make some appropriate conclusions. Kinsey survey also completely discards the rigid either-or thinking, and has well coordinated classification and variation, well coordinated rule and flexibility too. Kinsey survey maximizes benefits of case interview, and minimizes its defects.