[latina4dubya]

The results are typically robust in multivariate contexts as well, suggesting far greater diversity in lesbian-parent household experiences than convenience-sample studies of lesbian families have revealed.

no matter how many times i read this sentence, i cannot wrap my mind around it... i have no idea what he is saying here...

[annalex]

I think he means that as he studied a large sample (as opposed to a “convenience sample”) he has covered a diverse number of familial situations among the lesbian folk and his findings are “robust” in the sense that they represent a broad spectrum rather than a few hand-picked picture-perfect lesbian families typically trotted forward in the sellout media.

[fr_freak]

no matter how many times i read this sentence, i cannot wrap my mind around it... i have no idea what he is saying here...

Let me translate: it says "Look at me! I have a degree from a modern university so I'm really really smart! Look at all of the words I know! Don't you wish you were as smart as me?"

[garbanzo]

Basically TV gays are mostly white and upper middle class. Real gays are more diverse in terms of class, personal history like divorce or single parenthood, ethnicity etc. This study focuses on a broader sample rather than other studies where the subjects are recruited and self selected from narrow segments of the population.