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Absolutely. For conversational value, it's great. But in a discussion about empirical research, it's misleading at best.


I agree. Nobody would have realized that this was just a single person's story if it hadn't been pointed out. Thank you; I was almost about to add a "biological mother's profession" and "biological father's profession" field to our recruiting questionnaire, and have been spared an embarrassment.




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