This was an interesting experiment and I would like to thank those of you who troubled yourselves to gather data for me. I had hoped for a greater response, but in the end I received data from 7 diverse units of the church and a total sample of 90 testimonies. Even though the units sampled were quite diverse, the unit sample size is small enough that we might suspect that data from additional units could change the results significantly.
What follows is the data collected with graphs to represent the results visually. The interpretation of the results can be discussed in the comments.
You can also view/download the data as an Adobe Acrobat .pdf file here.
For background on this experiment see here and here.
Data gathered from testimony meetings on March 6, 2005 in 7 Church Units: 3 in Utah units; 1 west coast unit; 2 east coast units, and 1 unit outside of the U.S.
Age Distribution
| 12 – 17 | 18 – 31 | 32+ | Total |
| 11 | 41 | 38 | 90 |
| % 12 – 17 | % 18 – 31 | % 32+ |
| 12.22 | 45.56 | 42.22 |
Gender Distribution
| Female | Male | Total |
| 38 | 52 | 90 |
| % Female | % Male |
| 42.22 | 57.78 |
Overall
| Direct | Oblique | None | Total | |
| Savior | 47 | 17 | 26 | 90 |
| Joseph Smith | 20 | 5 | 65 | 90 |
| Book of Mormon | 23 | 4 | 63 | 90 |
| % Direct | %Oblique | % None |
| 52.22 | 18.89 | 28.89 |
| 22.22 | 5.56 | 72.22 |
| 25.56 | 4.44 | 70 |
Utah
| Direct | Oblique | None | Total | |
| Savior | 15 | 5 | 16 | 36 |
| Joseph Smith | 6 | 1 | 29 | 36 |
| Book of Mormon | 6 | 1 | 29 | 36 |
| % Direct | %Oblique | % None |
| 41.67 | 13.89 | 44.44 |
| 16.67 | 2.78 | 80.56 |
| 16.67 | 2.78 | 80.56 |
Outside Utah
| Direct | Oblique | None | Total | |
| Savior | 32 | 12 | 10 | 54 |
| Joseph Smith | 14 | 4 | 36 | 54 |
| Book of Mormon | 17 | 3 | 34 | 54 |
| % Direct | %Oblique | % None |
| 59.26 | 22.22 | 18.52 |
| 25.93 | 7.41 | 66.67 |
| 31.48 | 5.56 | 62.96 |
USA
| Direct | Oblique | None | Total | |
| Savior | 38 | 16 | 25 | 79 |
| Joseph Smith | 14 | 3 | 62 | 79 |
| Book of Mormon | 15 | 3 | 61 | 79 |
| % Direct | %Oblique | % None |
| 48.1 | 20.25 | 31.65 |
| 17.72 | 3.8 | 78.48 |
| 18.99 | 3.8 | 77.22 |
Outside USA
| Direct | Oblique | None | Total | |
| Savior | 9 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| Joseph Smith | 6 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| Book of Mormon | 8 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| % Direct | %Oblique | % None |
| 81.82 | 9.09 | 9.09 |
| 54.55 | 18.18 | 27.27 |
| 72.73 | 9.09 | 18.18 |
Ages 12 – 17
| Direct | Oblique | None | Total | |
| Savior | 2 | 0 | 9 | 11 |
| Joseph Smith | 2 | 1 | 8 | 11 |
| Book of Mormon | 2 | 0 | 9 | 11 |
| % Direct | %Oblique | % None |
| 18.18 | 0 | 81.82 |
| 18.18 | 9.09 | 72.73 |
| 18.18 | 0 | 81.82 |
Ages 18 – 31
| Direct | Oblique | None | Total | |
| Savior | 25 | 10 | 6 | 41 |
| Joseph Smith | 8 | 2 | 31 | 41 |
| Book of Mormon | 10 | 1 | 30 | 41 |
| % Direct | %Oblique | % None |
| 60.98 | 24.39 | 14.63 |
| 19.51 | 4.88 | 75.61 |
| 24.39 | 2.44 | 73.17 |
Ages 32+
| Direct | Oblique | None | Total | |
| Savior | 20 | 7 | 11 | 38 |
| Joseph Smith | 10 | 2 | 26 | 38 |
| Book of Mormon | 11 | 3 | 24 | 38 |
| % Direct | %Oblique | % None |
| 52.63 | 18.42 | 28.95 |
| 26.32 | 5.26 | 68.42 |
| 28.95 | 7.89 | 63.16 |
Female
| Direct | Oblique | None | Total | |
| Savior | 17 | 7 | 14 | 38 |
| Joseph Smith | 7 | 1 | 30 | 38 |
| Book of Mormon | 9 | 4 | 25 | 38 |
| % Direct | %Oblique | % None |
| 44.74 | 18.42 | 36.84 |
| 18.42 | 2.63 | 78.95 |
| 23.68 | 10.53 | 65.79 |
Male
| Direct | Oblique | None | Total | |
| Savior | 30 | 10 | 12 | 52 |
| Joseph Smith | 13 | 4 | 35 | 52 |
| Book of Mormon | 14 | 0 | 38 | 52 |
| % Direct | %Oblique | % None |
| 57.69 | 19.23 | 23.08 |
| 25 | 7.69 | 67.31 |
| 26.92 | 0 | 73.08 |
Female 12-17
| Direct | Oblique | None | Total | |
| Savior | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| Joseph Smith | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| Book of Mormon | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| % Direct | %Oblique | % None |
| 20 | 0 | 80 |
| 20 | 0 | 80 |
| 20 | 0 | 80 |
Male 12-17
| Direct | Oblique | None | Total | |
| Savior | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| Joseph Smith | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| Book of Mormon | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| % Direct | %Oblique | % None |
| 16.67 | 0 | 83.33 |
| 16.67 | 16.67 | 66.67 |
| 16.67 | 0 | 83.33 |
Female 18-31
| Direct | Oblique | None | Total | |
| Savior | 9 | 4 | 3 | 16 |
| Joseph Smith | 2 | 0 | 14 | 16 |
| Book of Mormon | 4 | 1 | 11 | 16 |
| % Direct | %Oblique | % None |
| 56.25 | 25 | 18.75 |
| 12.5 | 0 | 87.5 |
| 25 | 6.25 | 68.75 |
Male 18-31
| Direct | Oblique | None | Total | |
| Savior | 16 | 6 | 3 | 25 |
| Joseph Smith | 6 | 2 | 17 | 25 |
| Book of Mormon | 6 | 0 | 19 | 25 |
| % Direct | %Oblique | % None |
| 64 | 24 | 12 |
| 24 | 8 | 68 |
| 24 | 0 | 76 |
Female 32+
| Direct | Oblique | None | Total | |
| Savior | 7 | 3 | 7 | 17 |
| Joseph Smith | 4 | 1 | 12 | 17 |
| Book of Mormon | 4 | 3 | 10 | 17 |
| % Direct | %Oblique | % None |
| 41.18 | 17.65 | 41.18 |
| 23.53 | 5.88 | 70.59 |
| 23.53 | 17.65 | 58.82 |
Male 32+
| Direct | Oblique | None | Total | |
| Savior | 13 | 4 | 4 | 21 |
| Joseph Smith | 6 | 1 | 14 | 21 |
| Book of Mormon | 7 | 0 | 14 | 21 |
| % Direct | %Oblique | % None |
| 61.9 | 19.05 | 19.05 |
| 28.57 | 4.76 | 66.67 |
| 33.33 | 0 | 66.67 |
