Experimental Survey on Hazing

Overview

Background

Research Questions

  • Are students’ perceptions of hazing incidents more affected by situational characteristics or preconceived ideas about hazing?
  • Do men and women differ in their perceptions of hazing?

Methods

Survey

Download the survey here.

Sample Characteristics

Determination of Guilt and Punishment

General Views about Hazing

Creating the Hazing Score Variable

The hazing score is a numeric representation of how positively or negatively a participant views hazing in general. The score can range from -18 to 18 and higher values indicate less positive views of hazing. The score was generated using 9 of the 15 Likert scale level of agreement items included in the survey.

  • All initiations of new group members are hazing.
  • An action is not hazing if the victim consents.
  • Hazing is useful for group cohesion
  • Hazing can be fun.
  • Hazing is a serious issue which needs to be prevented.
  • Hazing is dangerous
  • Hazing should be illegal.
  • Sometimes hazing is acceptable.
  • There are no benefits to hazing new group members.

Hazing Score

Analysis

Guilty? n mean sd stderr LCL UCL median IQR LCLmed UCLmed W Stat p.value
No/Unsure 87 0.9310345 8.093628 0.8677280 -0.7939517 2.656021 0 13.5 -1 4 0.9630041 0.0137775
Yes 615 8.8699187 5.847073 0.2357767 8.4068921 9.332945 11 9.0 10 11 0.9089050 0.0000000

estimate statistic p.value conf.low conf.high method alternative
-7.999952 11363 0 -9.999998 -5.99999 Wilcoxon rank sum test with continuity correction two.sided

Gender n mean sd stderr LCL UCL median IQR LCLmed UCLmed W Stat p.value
Female 486 9.100823 5.619931 0.2549253 8.599929 9.601717 11 8 10 11 0.9100816 0
Male 216 5.152778 8.005800 0.5447257 4.079091 6.226464 8 12 5 9 0.9344956 0

estimate statistic p.value conf.low conf.high method alternative
3.000048 67582 0 2.000049 4.000004 Wilcoxon rank sum test with continuity correction two.sided
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Last updated on Jan 1, 0001