STAT 200 Survey Data Collection Form

Note: For multiple-choice questions whose possible responses are all marked with "O", the values of these responses are recorded in the data set as 0, 1, 2, etc. in that order. For example, for question 1, a respondent would get 0 for male, 1 for female, and 2 for no response.

General Background

  1. What is your gender? 0 Male O Female O No response
  2. What is your race? 0 Caucasian O African-American/Black O Native-American O Hispanic O Asian O Other O No response
  3. What is your age? years
  4. What is your height in inches? inches
  5. What is your weight? pounds
  6. What do you think is your ideal weight? pounds
  7. Where do you live? 0 In a dorm O Apartment O House O Other O No response


Appearance/Attraction



  1. What is your hair color? 0 Black O Dark Brown O Brown O Light Brown O Blonde O Red/Auburn O Other O No response
  2. What is your eye color? 0 Black O Blue O Green O Hazel O Brown O Other O No response
  3. Which of the following are you most attracted to in another person? 0 Hair O Eyes O Smile O Face O Lips O Chest O Butt O Legs O General Build O Other O No response
  4. Rate the relative importance of personality versus looks on a scale of 0 (personality most important) to 9 looks most important) in deciding whether or not to date someone.
  5. Which of the following do you think is the most important feature in another person?

0 Looks O Sense of humor O Loyalty O Independence O Trust O Intelligence O Outgoingness

0 Wealth O Easy to talk to O Other O No response

  1. What hair color are you most attracted to? 0 Black O Dark Brown O Brown O Light Brown O Blonde O Red/Auburn O Other O No response
  2. What eye color are you most attracted to? 0 Black O Blue O Green O Hazel O Brown O Other

O No response

  1. When you look in the mirror, are you generally happy with your appearance? 0 No O Yes O No response
  2. What is your favorite color?

0 White O Red O Yellow O Green O Blue O Purple O Brown O Gray O Black O Other

O No response

Education

  1. What is your semester standing?

1 First 2 Second 3 Third 4 Fourth 5 Fifth 6 Sixth 7 Seventh 8 Eighth 9 Other 0 No response

  1. What is your cumulative grade point average?
  2. In what college is your current major?
  3. How many times have you changed your major? times
  4. How many hours a day do you typically spend studying? hours
  5. What time do you prefer to study? 0 Morning O Afternoon O Evening O Anytime O No response
  6. How many classes do you usually skip in a week? classes
  7. Do you believe cheating on an exam is wrong? 0 No O Yes O No response
  8. About how many times have you cheated on an exam? times
  9. How do you prefer to work? 0 Alone O in a group with other classmates O No response
  10. Which times do you prefer to take classes?0 Morning O Afternoon O Evening O No preference O No response






Health/Exercise

  1. Do you smoke? 0 No O Yes O No response
  2. How many times a week do you exercise? times
  3. What is your primary reason for exercising?

0 Weight control O Reduce stress O Health O To socialize O To get muscular O Enjoyment

0 Other O No response

  1. Do you prefer to exercise alone or with company? 0 Alone O With company O No response
  2. Do you prefer to exercise with a person of the same sex? 0 No O Yes O Doesn't matter

O No response

  1. Are you (or do you think you are) overweight? 0 Overweight O About right O Underweight

O No response.

  1. When you exercise, do you run (jog, walk, etc.)? 0 No O Yes O No response
  2. When you exercise, do you feel better about yourself afterwards? 0 No O Yes O No response
  3. On a scale of 0 (no stress) to 9 (lots of stress), how stressed are you at the present time?
  4. What time of day do you prefer to exercise? 0 Morning O Afternoon O Evening O Anytime O No resp
  5. Do you think your self-esteem has risen since coming to college? 0 No O Yes O No response
  6. How many hours do you usually exercise in a given workout? hours


Food

  1. Do you think you have an eating disorder (anorexia, bulimia,...)? 0 No O Yes O No response
  2. Where do you usually eat? 0 Dining hall O Your room/house/apt O Restaurants O No response
  3. How many meals do you usually eat a day? meals
  4. Do you usually choose foods that are low in fat? 0 No O Yes O No response
  5. Do you usually choose foods that are low in cholesterol? 0 No O Yes O No response
  6. Do you usually read calorie/fat content/salt labels on food? 0 No O Yes O No response
  7. How many times do you eat out or get take out each week? times
  8. Are you a vegetarian? 0 No O Yes O No response
  9. What percent of the time do you eat where you reside? 0 Less than 25% O 26-50% 51-75% O More than 75% O No response
  10. Do you eat fewer meals during exam time? 0 No O Yes O No response
  11. Which meal is most important to you? 0 Breakfast O Lunch O Dinner O No preference O No response.


College Life

  1. Which of the following kinds of growth is most important in college? 0 Intellectual O Athletic O Social O No response
  2. Do you drink any alcoholic beverages? 0 No O Yes O No response
  3. Do you have a fake ID? 0 No O Yes O No response
  4. How many hours per week do you spend drinking alcohol? hours
  5. How many days per week do you have at least one alcoholic drink? days
  6. How many alcoholic drinks do you normally have each week? drinks
  7. How many parties do you go to in a month? parties
  8. On average, how many 12 oz. beers do you drink at a party? beers
  9. How often have you been pressured to drink? 0 Never O Seldom O Several times O Often

O No response

  1. Have you ever been offered marijuana? 0 No O Yes O No response
  2. Did you try marijuana the first time it was offered to you? 0 No O Yes O No response
  3. How many times have you ever smoked marijuana? times
  4. Have you smoked marijuana in the past six months? 0 No O Yes O No response
  5. Have you ever tried an illegal substance (besides alcohol if you are under 21)? 0 No O Yes

O No response

  1. Have you ever kissed someone while you were drinking that you wouldn't have if you were not drinking?

0 No O Yes O Don't know O No response

  1. Have you ever kissed someone while you were smoking marijuana that you wouldn't have if you were not smoking marijuana? 0 No O Yes O No response
  2. If you went to a party and were offered the following, which one would you accept? 0 Beer

O Marijuana O Cigarette O No response

  1. Do you feel that marijuana should be legalized? 0 No O Yes O No response
  2. What type of TV shows do you prefer to watch?

0 Comedy O Drama O Sci-fi O Talk shows O News O Educational O Religious

O Sports O Miniseries O Other O No response

  1. How many extracurricular activities are you currently involved in? activities
  2. How many hours per week do you exercise? hours
  3. How many hours per week do you spend socializing? hours
  4. Do you have a job (are you employed)? 0 Full-time O Part-time O None O No response
  5. Greek? 0 No O Yes O No response
  6. How would you describe your view of the Greek system? 0 Negative O Neutral O Positive

O No opinion O No response

  1. On a scale of 0 (totally disapprove) to 9 (totally approve) what is you view of the way President Spanier is handling the issue of alcohol consumption on this campus?
  2. Have you ever driven while under the influence of drugs/alcohol? 0 No O Yes O No response
  3. Have you ever participated in binge drinking (rapid consumption of 5 or drinks)? 0 No O Yes O No response
  4. How many days per month do you binge drink? times
  5. At what age did you have your first alcoholic drink?


Sports



  1. Do you play a sport or sports (varsity, IM, pick-up)? 0 No O Yes O No response
  2. How many sports have you participated in your lifetime? sports
  3. How many hours per week do you participate in a sports activity? hours
  4. Do you think steroids make athletes more exciting to watch? 0 No O Yes O No response
  5. Assuming you played sports, would you use illegal steroids to get ahead? 0 No O Yes

O No response

  1. Do you feel that female sports should get equal monetary support as compared to male sports?

0 No O Yes O No response

  1. How many hours per week do you spend watching sports? hours
  2. Should everyone (if physically able) participate in a sport sometime in their life? 0 No O Yes O No response
  3. Are sports overemphasized in the United States? 0 No O Yes O No response
  4. Which of the following four major sports do you enjoy most?

0 Baseball O Basketball O Football O Ice hockey O No response

  1. How much do you think pro athletes should be paid (on average) per year?

0 Less than $250,000 O $250,000-$500,000 O $500,000-$1,000,000

O $1,000,000-$2,000,000 O More than $2,000,000 O No response

  1. Do you think professional sports club owners are too greedy (e.g., demanding facilities be paid for by the public with tax dollars)? 0 No O Yes O No response
  2. How many times have you bet money on a sports event in the last year? times
  3. Were you on a sports team in high school? 0 No O Yes O No response
  4. Are you (will you be) on a sports team this semester? 0 No O Yes O No response
  5. How many PSU football games did you attend last year (or plan to attend this year)? games
  6. Should Joe Paterno be asked to quit coaching as soon as he becomes 75 years old? 0 No O Yes

O No response

  1. How many times per month do you go to PSU sporting events? times
  2. What is your favorite professional sport?

0 Baseball O Basketball O Bowling O Football O Golf O Ice hockey O Ice skating O Soccer O Tennis O Other O No response

  1. Do you consider yourself a sports fan? 0 No O Yes O No response
  2. Do you think college athletes receive special treatment here at PSU? 0 No O Yes O No response


Family



  1. Which of the following best describes your biological parents?

0 Still married O Divorced O Separated O Deceased O Never married O Don't know

O No response

  1. How many brothers and sisters do you have? brothers and sisters
  2. What is your marital status?

0 Married O Divorced O Never married, but want to get married O Not married, and don't want to get married O No response

  1. How many children would you like to have (someday, altogether)? children
  2. Would you marry someone who was not able to have children (vasectomy, infertility, etc.)?

0 No O Yes O Don't know O No response

  1. Would you marry someone of another race? 0 No O Yes O Don't know O No response
  2. Do you feel it is OK for a single male to raise a child? 0 No O Yes O No response
  3. Do you feel it is OK for a single female to raise a child? 0 No O Yes O No response
  4. What was the age of your (mother, if you are a female, or father, if you are male) when she/he got married? years
  5. What was the age of your (mother, if you are a female, or father, if you are male) when she/he first became a (mother, father)? years
  6. At what age would you like to have your first child? years
  7. Do you have a step-parent? 0 No O Yes O No response
  8. What is your preference with regard to the age of the person you would like to marry?

0 Someone younger O Same age O Someone older O No preference O No response

  1. If you couldn't have children, would you adopt a child? 0 No O Yes O No response
  2. What gender would you prefer your children to be? 0 All girls O All boys O Mixture O No response
  3. Have your parents been supportive of your major educational decisions and goals (i.e., going to college, choice of college, choice of major, etc.)? 0 No O Yes O No response
  4. Would you like to have the kind of marriage that your parents have or had? 0 No O Yes O Not sure O No response






Music

  1. What is your favorite kind of music?

0 Classical O Heavy metal O Rap O Jazz O Country O Classic rock O Top 40 O Reggae

O Alternative O Other O No response

  1. What is your least favorite kind of music?

0 Classical O Heavy metal O Rap O Jazz O Country O Classic rock O Top 40 O Reggae

O Alternative O Other O No response

  1. Does MTV show favoritism in type of music played? 0 No O Yes O Don't know O No response
  2. Do you belong to a music club? 0 No O Yes O No response
  3. Do you watch music videos? 0 No O Yes O No response
  4. Which do you prefer? 0 MTV O VH1 O No preference O No response
  5. Do you own a CD player or stereo? 0 No O Yes O No response
  6. How many music CDs do you buy each year? CDs
  7. On average, how much money do you spend per month on Cds? dollars
  8. On average, how many hours a day do you spend listening to music? hours
  9. How much are you willing to spend on a stereo system? dollars
  10. Do you play at least one musical instrument? 0 No O Yes O No response
  11. How many "albums" have you bought in the last year? albums
  12. Do you go to concerts? 0 No O Yes O No response
  13. How many concerts have you been to in the past year? concerts
  14. About how many CDs or cassettes do you own? CD's or cassettes
  15. Do you smoke while listening to concerts? 0 No O Yes O No response
  16. If you were stranded on a deserted island, which would you prefer to have?

0 Telephone O TV O CD player/stereo O No response

  1. Do you prefer to exercise with music or without music? 0 Without music O With music

O No response

  1. Do you prefer to study with music or without music? 0 Without music O With music O No response
  2. Do you feel that your interests in music have broadened since coming to college? 0 No O Yes O No resp.
  3. On a scale of 0 (not at all) to 9 (very important), how important is listening to music while you exercise?
  4. What is your preferred type of music while getting high?

0 Classical O Heavy metal O Rap O Jazz O Country O Classic rock O Top 40 O Reggae

O Alternative O Other O No response

Religion

  1. How often do you practice a religion?

0 Regularly (at least three times per month) O Occasionally (1-2 times per month) O Only on holidays O Not at all O No response

  1. What is your religious leaning/belief?

0 Agnostic O Atheist O Jewish O Baptist O Catholic O Lutheran O Methodist

O Other O No response

  1. Would you marry someone of a different religion than yourself? 0 No O Yes O No response
  2. Do you believe that there is a God? 0 No O Yes O Not sure O No response
  3. Do you believe in euthanasia (the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals in a relatively painless way, for reasons of mercy)? 0 No O Yes O No response
  4. Under normal circumstances (say, excluding rape and incest), do you believe in abortion?

0 No O Yes O No opinion O No response

  1. According to your religious beliefs, do you believe that sex before marriage is wrong? 0 No O Yes

O No response

  1. How many times a week do you pray? times
  2. Have you ever felt discriminated against because of your religion? 0 No O Yes O No response
  3. What do you consider 'prayer' to be?

0 A state of mind O A time of reflection O Spoken words O A message O No response



Relationships



  1. Do you have a significant other? 0 No O Yes O No response
  2. Would you live with your significant other before marriage? 0 No O Yes O Don't know

O No response

  1. How long (in weeks) do you think it is appropriate to date before having sex? weeks
  2. At what age did you start to date? years
  3. With whom do you find it easiest to make friends with?

0 Person of opposite gender O Person of same gender O Doesn't matter O No response

  1. How many relationships (more than a couple of dates) have you had? relationships
  2. How long (in weeks) did your longest relationship last? weeks
  3. If you are not a virgin, at what age did you lose it? years
  4. What do you consider the ideal age to get married? years
  5. Have you cheated on a significant other? 0 No O Yes O No response
  6. Hypothetically, would you stay in a committed relationship if your significant other were diagnosed with AIDS? 0 No O Yes O Don't know O No response
  7. Are you currently in a long-distance relationship? 0 No O Yes O No response
  8. Would you date a person of a different race? 0 No O Yes O No response
  9. Females: would you ask a guy to marry you?

Males: would you accept a marriage proposal from a woman?

0 No O Yes O No response

  1. Do you believe in love at first sight? 0 No O Yes O No response
  2. Would you date a physically challenged person? 0 No O Yes O No response
  3. Would you date someone with a great personality even though you did not find them attractive?

0 No O Yes O No response

  1. Should the man pay for the date if he asks for the date? 0 No O Yes O Go Dutch

O No response

  1. Is it OK for a woman to initiate a date? 0 No O Yes O No response
  2. Should the woman pay for the date if she asks for the date? 0 No O Yes O Go Dutch

O No response

  1. How much older or younger do you prefer your date to be?

0 More than 2 years younger O 1 year younger O Same age O 1 year older

O More than 2 years older O No response

  1. How many different people have you dated in the last 6 months? people
  2. When you are attracted to someone, do you prefer them to make the first move? 0 No Yes O No response
  3. How many times have you made the first move? times
  4. How many dates should occur before one kisses for the first time? dates
  5. How many times have you cheated on your significant other? times
  6. Which of the following do you think is the stronger emotion? 0 Fear O Love O No response
  7. Do you approve of same sex marriages? 0 No O Yes O No response
  8. If your boy/girlfriend wanted to wait until after marriage to have sex, would you stay inthe relationship?

0 No O Yes, no matter what O Yes, but only if we definitely were going to get married

O No response





Sex

  1. Did you have a sex education class in grade school or highschool? 0 No O Yes O No response
  2. Are you a virgin? 0 No O Yes O No response
  3. What is the main reason you have (or might have) abstained from having sex?

0 religion O Haven't met the right person O Wish to wait until marriage O Scared of STD's

O Other O No response

  1. Did you use a condom the first time you had sex? 0 No O Yes O No response
  2. Have you ever had a one-night stand? 0 No O Yes O No response
  3. Have you ever had group sex or sex with two or more people in a 24-hour period? 0 No O Yes

O No response

  1. How many weeks do you think it is appropriate to date someone before engaging in sexual activity?

weeks

  1. How many one-night stands have you had? one-night stands
  2. How many times per month do you have sex? times
  3. How many times a day do you think about sex? times
  4. How many sexual partners have you had in your lifetime? partners
  5. What is the oldest age of a person you would have sex with? years
  6. Has someone ever walked in on you while you were having sex? 0 No O Yes O No response
  7. How often do you use protection?

0 Not sexually active O All the time O Usually O Rarely O Never O No response

  1. When asking your partner to bed for the first time, which of the following criteria is your reason for asking?

0 Time you had known person O Feelings toward the person O It was the "perfect" moment O Other

O No response

  1. Would you have sex without being in a committed relationship? 0 No O Yes O No response
  2. What is the ideal age of a person to have sex with?

0 Less than 17 years O 18-21 O 22-24 O More than 25 O Any age O No response

  1. Were you under the influence of alcohol or drugs the first time you had sex? 0 No O Yes

O No response

  1. Has the level of your sexual activity increased since coming to college? 0 No O Yes O No response
  2. How many times have you had sex with someone while under the influence? times
  3. Did you think you were in a committed relationship when you lost your virginity? 0 No O Yes

O No response.

  1. How many times have you had sex in a friend's bed? times
  2. Do you think birth control should be taught in school?

0 Below 8th grade O 9th-10th grades O 11th-12th grades O College O Should not be taught in school O No response

  1. Would you tell your significant other if you cheated on her/him? 0 No O Yes O No response
  2. Do you think a relationship should be based on sexual activity? 0 No O Yes O No response
  3. Would you have sex with your instructor for an A? 0 No O Yes O No response
  4. Would you give your significant other another chance if they cheated on you 0 No O Yes O No response
  5. If you are sexually active, which of the following ways do you prefer to have sex?

0 With the lights on O With the lights off O Doesn't matter O No response

  1. Which best describes your sexual orientation? 0 Straight O Gay O Bisexual O No response
  2. Have you ever thought about having sex with someone of the same sex? 0 No O Yes O No response










Morals



  1. If you saw someone drop a one-hundred dollar bill, would you pick it up and return it to the person?

0 No O Yes O No response

  1. If you saw your best friend shop-lift or steal something, would you report him? 0 No O Yes O No response
  2. If you hit a car and damaged it when no one was around, would you report it? 0 No O Yes

O No response

  1. Would you lie about your past job experience or GPA in order to get a job, if you thought it wouldn't be checked? 0 No O Yes O No response
  2. Have you ever slipped drugs into the food or beverage of an unaware person? 0 No O Yes

O No response

  1. If your instructor made a serious error in your grade in your favor, would you tell the instructor?

0 No O Yes O No response

  1. If you pay for an entire date, do you expect the other person to have sex with you?

0 No O Yes O No response

  1. Do you believe in capital punishment? 0 No O Yes O No response


Miscellaneous

  1. If you could have one, which would you want most? 0 Fame O Fortune O Happiness

O No response

  1. If you were stranded on a deserted island, which would you prefer to have?

0 Telephone O Television O No response

  1. Which of the following best describes beauty?

0 It is in the eyes of the beholder O It is skin deep O No response

  1. Do you believe in the supernatural (spirits, ESP, etc.)? 0 No O Yes O No response
  2. Do you believe in the existence of extra-terrestrial life? 0 No O Yes O No response
  3. Have you ever experienced a supernatural phenomena, e.g., clairvoyance? 0 No O Yes

O No response

  1. Rate your political standing on a scale of 1 (ultra right conservative) to 5 (far left liberal).
  2. Which do you spend the most time doing? 0 Working O Studying O Socializing O Other

O No response