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1. Do you approve or disapprove of the way Christina Paxson is handling her job as president of the University?
3.3% Strongly approve
30.2% Somewhat approve
30.2% No opinion
28.7% Somewhat disapprove
7.6% Strongly disapprove
2. Do you approve of the University’s decision, due to a lack of conclusive physical evidence, to cancel a hearing for the Phi Kappa Psi student accused of serving a drink spiked with GHB at an October party?
3.5% Strongly approve
10.1% Somewhat approve
8.1% No opinion
25.2% Somewhat disapprove
46.5% Strongly disapprove
6.7% Not familiar enough to answer
3. Do you approve of a Student Conduct Board’s reasoning behind finding the individual accused of sexually assaulting one of the two women allegedly drugged that same night not responsible?
3.4% Strongly approve
6.4% Somewhat approve
8.9% No opinion
18.2% Somewhat disapprove
43.0% Strongly disapprove
20.1% Not familiar enough to answer
Methodology
The data reported come from 972 written questionnaires administered to undergraduates March 16-17 in the lobby of J. Walter Wilson, the Stephen Robert ’62 Campus Center and the Sciences Library. The poll has a 2.9 percent margin of error with 95 percent confidence. The margin of error is 4.3 percent for the subset of males, 4.0 percent for females, 5.9 percent for first-years, 5.2 percent for sophomores, 6.2 percent for juniors, 6.0 percent for seniors, 4.1 percent for students receiving financial aid and 4.1 percent for students not receiving financial aid.
The sample polled was demographically similar to the University’s undergraduate population as a whole. The sample was 46 percent male and 52 percent female. First-years made up 25 percent of the sample, 30 percent were sophomores, 22 percent were juniors and 24 percent were seniors. Varsity athletes made up 13 percent of the sample. Students involved in Greek life made up 18 percent of the sample. Of those polled, 50 percent currently receive financial aid from Brown. Students reported all races with which they identify, with 59 percent saying white, 26 percent Asian, 13 percent Hispanic, 11 percent black, 1.0 percent American Indian or Alaska Native, 0.7 percent Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander and 3.4 percent other.
Statistical significance was established at the 0.05 level. All reported cross-tabulations are statistically significant.
University News Editors Emma Harris ’17, Caroline Kelly ’17 and Joseph Zappa ’17, Graphics Editor and Metro Editor Emma Jerzyk ’17, Sports Editor Andrew Flax ’17, Senior Staff Writers Taneil Ruffin ’17 and Kate Talerico ’18 and Graphics staffer Gadi Cohen ’15 coordinated the poll. Herald section editors, senior staff writers and other staff members conducted the poll.
Over the next several weeks, The Herald will publish a series of articles about individual poll questions. Find results of previous polls at thebdh.org/poll.
