Shere Hite is an author who has written several books about women\'s sexuality.

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Shere Hite is an author who has written several books about women's sexuality. To obtain material for her book "Women and Love" published in 1987, it is reported that she sent out 100,000 questionnaires through several women's organization's that she selected. About 4500 questionnaires were returned. Respondents were not required to answer all of these questions and many were multipart and rather complex. The books jacket claims that the statistics derived from the returned questionnaires are a startling revelation of how women in America feel about love. Point out as many statistical problems as you can within this study.

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Here is a list of problems one can think of in term of testing the truth behind the beliefs:

1. More than 50% of the women had multiple sex partners in their lives. Here H0: p=0.50 vs H1: p>0.50

2. Number of Women enjoying masturbation is more than number of women enjoying intercourse sex.

3. More than 50% of the women feel that clitoral simulation is very important in sex.

4. Most women think Platonic love is not needed for sexual encounter with any partner.

5. Masturbation is not something to feel guilty about for most women.

6. Very few women experience orgasm during sexual intercourse.

7. Many women fake orgasm just to satisfy the male ego of the partner.

8. Lesbian sex is something experienced by most women sometime or other in life.

One can also compute the parameters and 95% confidence intervals for following:

1. Proportion of women in the society who had multiple sex partners in their lives.

2. Proportion of women in the society enjoying masturbation more than number of women enjoying intercourse sex.

3. Proportion of women in the society who feel that clitoral simulation is very important in sex.

4. Proportion of women in the society who think Platonic love is not needed for sexual encounter with any partner.

5. Proportion of women in the society who think Masturbation is not something to feel guilty about.

6. Proportion of women in the society who experience orgasm during sexual intercourse.

7. Proportion of women in the society who fake orgasm just to satisfy the male ego of the partner.

8. Proportion of women in the society who had Lesbian sex sometime or other in life.

9. Frequency of masturbation in a month by a woman on average.

10. Frequency of sexual intercourse in a month by a woman on average.

There can be many more other than those listed above.

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