44.5% stated it is somewhat important
and only 27.7% stated it is very/extremely
important. • Of those who said it is not offered,
only 14.3% believe it is very/extremely
important. • P–value of .139 indicates that we cannot
reject the hypothesis that the impor-
tance variable is independent from the
frequency variable.
frequency variable.
On–Staff Nutritionist with Eating
Disorder Specialization
(119 respondents)
• Overall, 92.4% of respondents stated it
is very/extremely (79%) or somewhat
(13.4%) important. Yet only 47.9% have an
on–staff nutritionist with an eating disor-
der specialization on a monthly/weekly
/daily (56 respondents) basis or once per
year/semester (1 respondent), indicating
an unmet need for about half of cam-
puses. • Of the 56 whose campus offers a spe-
Website on Campus Servers for
Current Students (119 respondents)
• 80.7% of respondents stated that their
campus offers monthly/weekly/daily
availability of eating disorder–related
web content, and 97.9% of them said it
is somewhat (22.9%) of very/extremely
(75%) important.
• Overall, 93.5%respondents believe web
content for eating disorder information
is very/extremely (70.6%) or somewhat
important (22.9%).
• The p–value of .006 indicates that we
can reject the hypothesis that the im-
portance variable is independent from
the frequency variable.
cialist on a monthly/weekly/daily basis,
100% stated it is very/extremely impor-
tant. • Of the 42% who said a nutritionist with
a specialization is not offered, 88% said
having one is very/extremely (62%) or
somewhat (26%) important.
• P–value of .000 strongly indicates that
we can reject the hypothesis that the
importance variable is independent from
the frequency variable.
Eating Disorder Education Coordina-
tor (118 respondents)
Pamphlets or Information in Health
or Counseling Center
(119 respondents)
• 62.7% of respondents said that their insti-
tution does not have an eating disorders
education coordinator, though 68.9% of
those respondents believe it is somewhat
(27%) or very/extremely (41.9%) impor-
tant. • Only 23 respondents said they have an
education coordinator on a monthly/
weekly/daily basis, but 100% of those
respondents stated that it is important
on their campus (78.3% said very/ex-
• 85.7% of respondents say information
is available on a monthly/weekly/daily
basis, and 96.1% of those people stated
such information is important (68.6%
said very/extremely important, 27.5%
said somewhat important).
• P–value of .008 indicates that we can
reject the hypothesis that the impor-
tance variable is independent from the-
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