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Direct linkPu, Shi; Yan, Yu; Zhang, Liang – Educational Researcher, 2021
In this study, dormitory room and social group assignment data from a college are used to investigate peer effects on college students' decisions to switch majors. Results reveal strong evidence of such peer effects at both the room and the social group level. Most notably, at the room level, the dense concentration of same-major roommates deters…
Descriptors: Peer Influence, Peer Groups, Friendship, Dormitories
