Gorman said that those who answered the survey were generally pleased with Harvard and interested in their connection with the University.
Gorman's mention of their satisfaction shifted the audience's focus. Members of the audience began to ask Gorman to correlate their assessments of their overall happiness to several variables.
Gorman said that people who are married with children tend to be happier than those without children, or those who are single or divorced.
The survey also seemed to show that money can buy happiness. Gorman noted a significant correlation between his classmates' incomes and their happiness. At the prompting of his classmates Gorman noted that there was no significant correlation between wealth and quality of sex life.
"But how many people were truthful on the questionnaire?" shouted one audience member.
"Shall we take a show of hands?" Gorman replied as his classmates burst into laughter.