Has anyone ever been able to view this study? Do its results hold up the abstract that almost 20% of college girls experience sexual assault, or know what definition of 'sexual assault' they use?

hereisyourpaper · 2014-06-14T03:18:21+00:00

Data from the nationally administered 2005 Core Alcohol and Drug Survey showed that 82% of students who experienced unwanted sexual intercourse during the current academic year were under the influence of AOD [alcohol or other drug] when they were victimized

This study found that most sexual assaults occurred after the woman voluntary drank alcohol. So, if people really wanted to prevent rapes it looks like talking about responsible drug use would be the best use of our time.

Sampled students were sent an initial recruitment e-mail that described the study... incentive for study participation a gift code for an online store worth $10...The overall response rates for survey completion for the undergraduate women sampled at the 2 universities were 42.2% and 42.8%, respectively.

I'm not too knowledgeable about statistics, but under half of the people they randomly sampled responded after they told them what they were studying.

(see the Figure 1 for definitions and survey questions).Sexual assault involved unwanted sexual contact that could include touching of a sexual nature, oral sex, sexual intercourse, anal sex, or sexual penetration with a finger or object.

Figure 1 actually doesn't include the definitions or the questions, so they messed that up pretty bad. It really pisses me off when you publish a paper and have such a glaring mistake.

librtee_com · 2014-06-14T01:28:51+00:00

Just curious. Fuckin' paywalls on academic research.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19433402

ARenaissance-Man · 2014-06-14T12:16:22+00:00

First issue with this paper is in this first paragraph (Below). How can a 2-3% annual rate translate into a 20% rate at the end of 4-5 years? Let me think. There are 100 women on campus. Freshman year, 2 claimed to have been assaulted. Sophomore year, 2 more did. Junior year, 2 more did. Senior year, 2 more did. Assuming that none of these accusations were made by the same individual, that gives us 8 total. 8 does not equal 20. So . . ? I might be making an elementary mistake. Can someone help me out here?

Also, note the statement "the prevalence among women is believed to be considerably higher".

"There is mounting evidence that sexual assault is a common and reoccurring problem among college women.1–5 Men are also sexually assaulted, but the prevalence among women is believed to be considerably higher and is the focus of this study. Researchers have reported that between one-fifth to one-quarter of college women are raped during the course of their college careers.2,3 Moreover, during an academic year, approximately 2–3% of college women experience forcible rape.2,4"

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