1. In 2-3 sentences, describe the central issue of interest that was explored in the article.
The central issue of interest in this article was underage drinking and how it’s becoming a serious problem amongst 18-20 year olds “college students”. It focused on college campus residence halls and the usage of alcohol from students in this environment. They wanted to see if there would be a correlation between a student living situation and the amount of alcohol being consumed. 2. According to the review of prior research on how do different types of college housing environments influence alcohol consumption among college students?
There is a higher drinking rate for students living on campus in residence halls then those students who live off …show more content…
What is the major research question that is being addressed in this research study?
Is room type (suite vs. standard) related to drinking frequency (general and residence halls), number of drinks consumed when socializing and heavy episodic drinking?
5. In your own words, describe how the authors set out to find the answers to their research question. In other words, how did they conduct their study?
They conducted their study by using two surveys the alcohol norms surveys and the resident assessment survey, it controlled for attitudes, gender, high school drinking and perceptions of peer drinking. The alcohol norms survey measuring alcohol consumption, perceptions and attitudes, they used a random sample of 1270 students from three pre selected residence halls (2 suites, 1 standard) and out of the sample only 35% participated. The resident assessment survey was similar to the previous survey but asked about their residence hall/floor type. The survey was administered twice, using a random sample of 1000 students using all residence halls and out of the pool only 25% participated the first time then 28.5% participated the second …show more content…
What did the data from the study show about how college dorm living situations influence drinking behavior?
The data showed that their was a relation between room type and number of drinks being consumed. That the residence hall environment influenced the consumption of alcohol becauses of its community atmosphere. That suite halls drank more often; including heavy episodic drinking and consuming more while socializing. And that all female floors drank less and less often than females on coed floors. This showed that girls might be peer influenced when hanging around the male friends, indicating that coed floors are negatively affecting female drinking behaviors due to being around males/male drinkers.
8. What did the authors think were the limitations of this study?
Limitations of this study were that it was only conducted on one U.S campus and that this study was limited because of its design, it was a one facet of design, it didn’t include other types of residence design set ups. In addition, for future finding, they thought of new ways to research by asking other questions like why the student choose their particular residence
The central issue of interest in this article was underage drinking and how it’s becoming a serious problem amongst 18-20 year olds “college students”. It focused on college campus residence halls and the usage of alcohol from students in this environment. They wanted to see if there would be a correlation between a student living situation and the amount of alcohol being consumed. 2. According to the review of prior research on how do different types of college housing environments influence alcohol consumption among college students?
There is a higher drinking rate for students living on campus in residence halls then those students who live off …show more content…
What is the major research question that is being addressed in this research study?
Is room type (suite vs. standard) related to drinking frequency (general and residence halls), number of drinks consumed when socializing and heavy episodic drinking?
5. In your own words, describe how the authors set out to find the answers to their research question. In other words, how did they conduct their study?
They conducted their study by using two surveys the alcohol norms surveys and the resident assessment survey, it controlled for attitudes, gender, high school drinking and perceptions of peer drinking. The alcohol norms survey measuring alcohol consumption, perceptions and attitudes, they used a random sample of 1270 students from three pre selected residence halls (2 suites, 1 standard) and out of the sample only 35% participated. The resident assessment survey was similar to the previous survey but asked about their residence hall/floor type. The survey was administered twice, using a random sample of 1000 students using all residence halls and out of the pool only 25% participated the first time then 28.5% participated the second …show more content…
What did the data from the study show about how college dorm living situations influence drinking behavior?
The data showed that their was a relation between room type and number of drinks being consumed. That the residence hall environment influenced the consumption of alcohol becauses of its community atmosphere. That suite halls drank more often; including heavy episodic drinking and consuming more while socializing. And that all female floors drank less and less often than females on coed floors. This showed that girls might be peer influenced when hanging around the male friends, indicating that coed floors are negatively affecting female drinking behaviors due to being around males/male drinkers.
8. What did the authors think were the limitations of this study?
Limitations of this study were that it was only conducted on one U.S campus and that this study was limited because of its design, it was a one facet of design, it didn’t include other types of residence design set ups. In addition, for future finding, they thought of new ways to research by asking other questions like why the student choose their particular residence