TPC-Journal-V5-Issue3

The Professional Counselor /Volume 5, Issue 3 358 Data Analysis The Statistical Package for Social Sciences software (version 21) was utilized to screen and analyze the data. All statistical analyses are reported with alpha set at 0.05. Preliminary analyses were conducted to check the data for any outliers or errors, and no violations of linearity, normality and homoscedasticity were found. The frequencies of each variable were checked for minimums and maximums. Again, no errors or outliers were found. Table 1 Demographic Variables by Group Fall Semester 2012 Spring Semester 2013 n % n % Greek House: Sorority – Dry 148 40.8 234 62.9 Fraternity – Dry 50 13.8 58 15.6 Fraternity – Wet 165 45.5 80 21.5 Gender: Female 148 40.8 234 62.9 Male 215 59.2 138 37.1 Age: 18–20 268 73.8 287 77.2 21 and older 95 26.2 85 22.8 Ethnicity: African American 2 .6 5 1.3 Asian/Pacific Islander 3 .8 4 1.1 Caucasian 344 94.8 351 94.4 Hispanic/Latino 1 .3 2 .5 Native American 5 1.4 4 1.1 Multi-Racial 8 2.2 6 1.6 Academic Year: Freshman 84 23.1 107 28.8 Sophomore 128 35.3 138 37.1 Junior 82 22.6 74 19.9 Senior 69 19.0 51 13.7 Graduate 0 0 2 .5