I've done quantitative statistical analysis myself. I ve also scanned the MacArthur Foundation s website enough to know that their phone interviews and mail-in surveys followed acceptable polling procedures. Back to Mary Schmich. Her point is that every normal midlife person thinks about the mortality issue. What a pity.
Life is short.
Age is real. Think about it. Schmich says all of her friends have experienced midlife crises in response to such thoughts. It just means they re awake. On this point Schmich and the MacArthur study agree.