The widely cited estimate that one in five female college students is a victim of sexual assault is based on surveys that can be very misleading – because they suffer from self-selection bias, as they do not involve a random sample of students, and they define sexual assault very broadly. One thing is clear, however: campus sexual assault is associated largely with alcohol consumption.

William R. Beaver is a professor of social science at Robert Morris University.
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Other Independent Review articles by William R. Beaver
Fall 2016 Rape Culture Hysteria: Fixing the Damage Done to Men and Women
Summer 2013 Sustainable Energy: The Promise and Perils of the Breeder Reactor
Winter 2010/11 The Failed Promise of Nuclear Power
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