Better explicating the strengths and shortcomings of these models will help refine projections and improve transparency in the years ahead.
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Edited by Susan T. Fiske, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, and approved November 2, 2020 (received for review July 23, 2020)
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Effect of roommate distance on change in student Ideology.
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Wave 1 Wave 2 August 2009 March−April 2010 Far left 72 (4.4%) 73 (4.4%) Liberal 689 (42.2%) 653 (40.0%) Middle-of-the-road 584 (35.8%) 596 (36.5%) Conservative 276 (16.9%) 303 (18.6%) Far right 11 (0.7%) 7 (0.4%) Total 1,632 1,632 Wave 1 Wave 2 Total Far left Liberal Middle Conservative Far right Far left 50 20 2 0 0 72 Liberal 23 542 114 10 0 689 Middle 0 87 430 67 0 584 Conservative 0 3 49 221 3 276 Far right 0 1 1 5 4 11 Total 73 653 596 303 7 1,632 - Table 3.
Changes in student ideology relative to their roommate, among respondents who were assigned to roommate of a different political ideology
Movement Respondent ideology wave 1 Total Far left Liberal Middle Conservative Far right Away from roommate 0 17 43 1 0 61 No change 50 345 277 175 4 851 Toward roommate 20 72 46 46 7 191 Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4 Model 5 Model 6 Roommate ideology 0.031 0.031 0.031 0.039 0.032 0.046 SE 0.016 0.016 0.017 0.017 0.015 0.018 P value 0.051 0.054 0.069 0.026 0.042 0.012 Control variable(s) Student ideology (w1) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Other controls — Institution Roommate Preferences Roommate Characteristics Student Characteristics All (2 to 5) Here n = 1,632. All models are OLS regressions. Both roommate ideology and student ideology are coded on a scale of 1 to 5. The check marks indicate that wave-1 (w1) student ideology is controlled for. For the full table of coefficient estimates (including control variables), see SI Appendix, Table S4.
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College roommates have a modest but significant influence on each other’s political ideology
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