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Research Question. Does the race and gender of college students impact their relationship with students of other ethnic groups?. Group 2B: Kimberly Sheppard, Joy Singleton, Dawn Revere, E. Anne Roycroft. Descriptive Statistics. Inferential Statistics. Results.

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  1. Research Question Does the race and gender of college students impact their relationship with students of other ethnic groups? Group 2B: Kimberly Sheppard, Joy Singleton, Dawn Revere, E. Anne Roycroft

  2. Descriptive Statistics

  3. Inferential Statistics

  4. Results • A multiple linear regression was calculated to predict if students’ race and gender impact their relationship with other students. A significant regression equation was found (2, 378210) =3389.25, p < 0.01), with an R2 = 0.018. • Results suggest that students do interact with other students that are of a different race than themselves. It was to 2.85 + 0.05(Gender) + -0.17(Race: white/caucasian). The expected percentage of a male, white student would be 2.85 + 0.05(1) + -0.17(2), which is equal to 3.24. All variables were statistically significant. The variance explained by gender identity (B = 0.04) is approximately 3 times less than the variance explained by either race if it is white/caucasian(B= -0.12).

  5. Findings • 65.5% of the 378,213 students surveyed in the 1998 Senior College Survey from the Higher Education Research Institute at UCLA said that they frequently socialized with students that were a different race than themselves, within the last year. White male students socialized with different ethnic groups more than their female counterparts and more than their non- white counterparts.

  6. Implications & Recommendations Over half of the students in the survey had social interactions with students of different ethnic groups within the last year, but details regarding the frequency, outcome and attitudes about the overall experience are not available. Additional statistical information is available regarding behaviors of specific ethnic groups, the age of students surveyed, and their family background, which could all be used for further study. If administration is interested in what they can do to facilitate or encourage better social relations, we recommend additional research around the following questions: • How often do students interact with students of a different race? • Are the experiences positive? • Is the social interaction instigated naturally between the students or by administration? • Is there a relationship between behaviors and specific clubs, sports or organizations? • What barriers to socialization are identified by the students? • Is the behavior of white male students related to the percentage of white male students on campus? • What is the relationship between the campus behavior at East Evergreen University and the national data presented?

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