Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Infidelity in the military: Is it an epidemic? | Redux

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Infidelity in the military: Is it an epidemic?

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(CBS News ) Florida housewives, a tawdry affair, and flirtatious e-mails. No, it's not an update from your favored fact show. It's the story that has recently dominated the headlines-- the resignation of previous four-star Gen. David Petraeus as head of the CIA. However the disclosure of the Petraeus affair, and all that followed, only means a much larger scandal in the U.S. armed forces. Jill Kelley: An appearance at her close ties to leading military brass
More information on females in the Petraeus scandal

Dr. Cregg Chandler, a retired Air Force chaplain who has done substantial study on military ethics, states infidelity turned up as a major concern for 70 percent of the counselors he questioned. "Infidelity was high on the radar screen over the last years," he stated.

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Jacey Eckhart

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-0.214425"Military families are just like civilian families when it comes to infidelity," said Eckhart.
-0.131052"Military families are just like civilian families when it comes to infidelity," said Eckhart. "We estimate about a third of all families are blighted by infidelity. And so, you've got to remember two-thirds of the families are not."
0.460579"I think the military understands that... the people who are closest to you, you have to be faithful to," she said. ...
0.460579"I think the military understands that... the people who are closest to you, you have to be faithful to," she said. "And that starts with that number one person you have at home."
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  • Number of Quotes: 4
  • Aggregate Sentiment: 0.575681
  • Mean: 0.14392025
  • Standard Deviation: 1.7320508075689

Gen. David Petraeus

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Siobhan Fallon

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0.179652"I think everyone overwhelmingly supports Gen. Petraeus and his military career," she said. ...
0.0937446"I think everyone overwhelmingly supports Gen. Petraeus and his military career," she said. "The chain of command and our leaders have been chosen as leaders because they are upstanding men and women... worthy of leading our soldiers into battle and making life and death decisions."
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 2
  • Aggregate Sentiment: 0.2733966
  • Mean: 0.1366983
  • Standard Deviation: 1.7320508075689
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Dr. Cregg Chandler

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Jill Kelley

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Rebecca Jarvis

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Gen. Jeffrey Sinclair

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Anthony Mason

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Relevance: 0.374817

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  • The Mean is meant to be an indicator of an individual's average comment sentiment.
  • The Standard Deviation, when there are enough quotes, will indicate an individual's consistency of sentiment (i.e. a Standard Deviation of 0 would mean they were very consistent in their sentiment and 1 would mean they were very inconsistent).

Note that quote stats are likely to be meaningless beyond the aggregate score due to the tiny sample size. However, they are always provided just in case you find something useful there.

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StateOrCounty: Florida

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Country: Afghanistan

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Country: U.S.

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Organization: Navy

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