Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site cbosgd.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!mark From: mark@cbosgd.UUCP (Mark Horton) Newsgroups: net.followup,net.misc Subject: Re: Results of handedness survey Message-ID: <934@cbosgd.UUCP> Date: Sat, 9-Mar-85 19:36:06 EST Article-I.D.: cbosgd.934 Posted: Sat Mar 9 19:36:06 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 10-Mar-85 07:54:44 EST References: <649@mhuxt.UUCP> <590@vortex.UUCP> Organization: Bell Labs, Columbus Lines: 7 Xref: watmath net.followup:4621 net.misc:7511 I think it's pretty clear that the survey was skewed because it was not random. However, I recall reading somewhere that lefties, having been shut off by society, tend to become interested in Engineering. As a result, of a given group of engineers, a higher percentage will be left handed than in the rest of the world. The number that sticks in my mind is that 25% of engineers are left handed, but I'm not sure about this.