I can understand the apprehension of some of the people here (JSweeney, Xevious et al.) as to whether this poll is scientific and whether it can be used as part of a PhD thesis.
Let me assure you that I will not be using this poll as a data point in my thesis, or even quoting it in my thesis. For that matter, nobody can use an internet poll as a valid data point in any scientific study because of
Sturgeon's Law.
I have already gathered a substantial amount of information using the standard double blind tests over a number of years, on various population distributions.
What I am doing here, is trying to validate the existing data on a random (albeit, unscientific) sample of people.
Now, to the second point regarding ethnicities. I never claimed that this poll was about ethnicities. This poll corresponds to a small portion on a much larger body of work. Since I was asked to explain the subject, I quoted the (working) title of my paper. So, please don't miss the wood for the trees.
If somebody is interested about my findings regarding various ethnic groups, I will post some tidbits.
Lastly, to answer the question: "Ever read the profesional journals documenting the papers written at research insitutions? The first thing listed under the author's name is the university that he/she is attached to".
That is true, but how many work-in-progress papers have you read? The papers published in professional journals have already be reviewed by peer groups, and referred by domain experts before being published.
There is intense competitive rivalry/jealousy/what-have-you related to funding and recognition. Anything I attribute to the school or department can/will be used against me. So I have to be careful.