Context: The Kinsey scale, also called the Heterosexual-Homosexual Rating Scale, was first published in Sexual Behavior in the Human Male (1948) by Alfred Kinsey, Wardell Pomeroy, and Clyde Martin and also featured in Sexual Behavior in the Human Female (1953). The scale was developed to combat the assumption at the time that people are either heterosexual or homosexual and that these two types represent antitheses in the sexual world. Recognizing that a large portion of population is not completely heterosexual or homosexual and people can experience both heterosexual and homosexual behavior and psychic responses, Kinsey et al., stated:

Question: What other name does the KInsey scale go by?
Answer: Heterosexual-Homosexual Rating Scale

Question: When was the KInsey scale first published?
Answer: 1948

Question: Why was the KInsey scale developed?
Answer: to combat the assumption at the time that people are either heterosexual or homosexual

Question: What did KInsey state as his reasoning for the scale?
Answer: Recognizing that a large portion of population is not completely heterosexual or homosexual and people can experience both heterosexual and homosexual behavior

Question: Who else was featured in The sexual behavior of the human male?
Answer: Wardell Pomeroy, and Clyde Martin