Binge drinking is a problem that affects a majority of the people around my age. In college it is a problem that is widely accepted as a rite of passage and in most areas looked upon with approval by one's peers. Binge drinking can lead to problems such as physical illness, dropping out of school, trouble with the law and even in the most extreme cases, death. There are many resources in circulation that can give you good information on the subject, but the purpose of this report is to get the facts to you the reader so that you may have a better understanding of the problem.
As heavy drinking within the ranks of college students continues to be very prevalent, there have been many studies aimed at measuring the amount of drinking that goes on amidst college campuses. One such study analyzed the data from the 1993, 1997, 1999 and 2001 College Alcohol Study (CAS) surveys collected from 144 colleges and universities.
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English: Postcard picture for New Year's; eBay sto...The way that they went about completing this study is that the researchers took all of the statistics and findings from the four studies above, compiled them and then came up with a conclusion. They used numbers from 119 schools where the surveys had been taken and then used the Pearson correlation to associate schools rate of response and the binge drinking rate. The Pearson correlation reflects the degree of linear relationship between two variables. To measure the binge drinking rate the surveys had defined binge drinking as "the consumption of at least 5 drinks in a row for men of 4 drinks in a row for women during the 2 weeks preceding their completion of the questions."(Wechsler & Meichun, 2003) To guard against changing rate that occurs between demographics they separated the two genders using...
COLLEGE STUDENTS WHO BINGE DRINK
Thanks for a good discussion of college students who binge drink. Your essay is well researched and documented. Binge drinking is a potentially fatal problem which only seems to be getting worse. It's vital to know what to do if someone passes out from alcohol poisoning. Don't let legal worries about any underage drinking prevent you from calling 9-1-1 to get help (it's another good reason to have a cell phone). A person's life is more important than legal concerns. If necessary, have one person go for help and try not to leave the affected person alone. Learn how to perform CPR as help cannot always arrive in time. Nicely done!
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