Some of the most respected statistics in the nation are gathered by the National Opinion Research Center (NORC) at the University of Chicago. Dr. Tom W. Smith, internationally acclaimed expert and Director of the Science and Culture section of the NORC said this,"The annual rates for women averaged 2.3 percent" University of Chicago Experts Guide: Tom W. Smith
This figure is a departure from the numbers we have been reading.
What to expect from fast facts -- clarification of misinformation that surfaced during the Tiger Woods scandal such as:
- The yearly rate and the lifetime rate.
- How we can verify accurate information.
- How NORC solved two of the biggest problems in data gathering and interviews with regard to infidelity, self-selection and lies.
- Whose reports are to be trusted.
- How to accurately interpret the numbers. (Since I suffered through too many statistics courses at the Yale School of Medicine's Department of Epidemiology and Public Health -- I am going to help make sense out of the complicated maze of infidelity statistics.)
ABOUT LOVE and THE BOOKS 
Barnes and Nobel book
With such low numbers, isn't it better to focus on love rather than suspicious snooping? The answer to love is always "YES."
With this entire series I will be highlighting books on healing. The books are not an endorsement but rather a resource to help readers know that there is help after infidelity. After the Affair, Janis A. Spring, Book - Barnes & Noble
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Infidelity: Fast Facts, Love: only 5 percent of men cheat annually
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