asking for name as well as email

Hi,
Old problem - marketing director wants to gather names upfront with email
addresses. I say we reduce sign up considerably if we do that. He says can
you prove it. I realise I have no stats or hard evidence... Can anyone point
me to some stats / case studies I can use to illustrate my point? An A/B
comparison would be ideal?
Thanks
s

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