STAT 250 Survey Data Collection Form
General Background
1. What is your gender?
Male
Female
No response
2. What is your age in years (as of today)?
years
3. What is your race?
Aleut, Eskimo, or American Indian
Asian or Pacific Islander
African-American/Black
Caucasian/White
Other
No response
4. Is your mother or father of Latino or Hispanic origin?
Yes
No
No response
5. What is your height (with your shoes off, to the nearest inch)?
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inches
6. What is your weight (undressed, to the nearest pound)?
pounds
7. What do you think is your ideal weight?
pounds
Appearance
8. Which of the following best describes your natural hair color?
Dark Brown
Light Brown
Blonde
Black
Red
Other
No response
9. Have you ever dyed your hair?
Yes
No
No response
10. Which of the following best describes your eye color?
Blue
Green
Hazel
Brown
Black
Red
Other
No response
11. Do you wear corrective eye lenses?
Yes
No
No response
12. Do you have a tattoo?
Yes
No
No response
13. Have you ever pierced your ears?
Yes
No
No response
14. Have you ever pierced any other part of your body?
Yes
No
No response
Family Background
15. Are your parents divorced or separated?
Yes
No
No response
How many brothers do you have?
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natural brothers
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adopted brothers
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half brothers
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step brothers
How many sisters do you have?
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natural sisters
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adopted sisters
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half sisters
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step sisters
24. Which of the following best describes your birth order in your family?
Only child
Youngest child
A middle child
Oldest child
No response
Education
25. What is your semester standing?
First
Second
Third
Fourth
Fifth
Sixth
Seventh
Eighth
Other
No response
26. What is your cumulative grade point average (through last semester)?
27. Have you ever failed a college course?
Yes
No
No response
28. Have you ever cheated on an exam in college?
Yes
No
No response
29. How many times have you changed your college major?
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times
30. How many credits are you taking this semester?
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credits
31. How many hours a day do you typically spend studying?
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hours
32. How many classes do you usually skip in a week?
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classes
33. Do you think PSU is meeting your educational needs?
Yes
No
No response
34. Do you currently plan to attend graduate school or a professional school?
Yes
No
No response
Leisure Activities
35. To the nearest hour, how many hours of TV did you watch last night?
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36. How many books did you read for pleasure in the past 30 days?
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books
37. If you had one hour of free time tonight, which one of the following activities would you most likely do?
Read a book
Watch TV
Exercise
Listen to music
Party
Hang out with friend(s)
Play video or computer games
Surf the internet
Other
No response
38. Do you abstain from drinking alcohol?
Yes
(Skip to question 40.)
No
No response
39. Which type of alcohol do you drink most often?
Beer
Wine
Hard liquor
Other
No response
40. Have you ever smoked marijuana?
Yes
No
No response
Personal Belongings
41. Do you maintain a car in State College?
Yes
No
No response
42. Do you maintain a bike in State College?
Yes
No
No response
43. How many pairs of jeans do you own?
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jeans
44. How many music compact discs (CDs) do you own?
CDs
45. Do you own a computer?
Yes
No
No response
46. Do you own a cellular telephone?
Yes
No
No response
47. Do you own a pet?
Yes
No
No response
Residence & Personal Life
48. Do you live on campus?
Yes
No
No response
49. What is your primary mode of transportation in State College?
Walking
Driving a car
Riding a bike
Riding the bus
No response
50. Are you member of a fraternity or a sorority?
Yes
No
No response
51. How many people do you currently live with while at Penn State?
people
52. Do you currently have a "steady" boyfriend or girlfriend?
Yes
No
(Skip to question 54.)
No response
53. Does he or she attend Penn State?
Yes
No
No response
54. Are you holding a job for pay this semester?
Yes
No
(Stop here.)
No response
55. Approximately how many hours per week will you work?
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