---
title: "Appendix"
description: "Categorizing respondents based on views across four dimensions In addition to their overall approval or disapproval of considering race and ethnicity as a factor in admissions decisions in order to increase racial and ethnic diversity, survey respondents were asked additional questions about four areas of potential impact: (See topline for full question wording.) In addition […]"
date: "2023-06-08"
authors:
  - name: "Reem Nadeem"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2023/06/08/college-admissions-appendix/"
categories:
  - "Affirmative Action"
  - "Education & Politics"
  - "Gender Equality & Discrimination"
  - "Higher Education"
  - "Partisanship & Issues"
  - "Race, Ethnicity & Politics"
  - "Racial Bias & Discrimination"
---

# Appendix

#### Categorizing respondents based on views across four dimensions

In addition to their overall approval or disapproval of considering race and ethnicity as a factor in admissions decisions in order to increase racial and ethnic diversity, survey respondents were asked additional questions about four areas of potential impact:

- Whether the consideration of race and ethnicity in admissions decisions makes the overall admissions process of these colleges more or less fair (more fair=positive, less fair=negative, neither/not sure=neutral)

- Whether the students who are accepted to these colleges are more or less qualified (more qualified=positive, less qualified=negative, neither/not sure=neutral)

- Whether this makes students’ overall educational experiences at these colleges better or worse (better=positive, worse=negative, neither/not sure=neutral)

- Whether this is good or bad for ensuring equal opportunity for Americans of all racial and ethnic backgrounds (good=positive, bad=negative, neither/not sure=neutral)

(See [topline for full question wording](https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2023/06/PP_2023.06.08_college-admissions_TOPLINE.pdf).) In addition to analyzing each of these questions individually, the report includes a discussion of a summary measure.

[![Summary measure of positive and negative views of the consideration of race and ethnicity in college admissions](https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2023/06/PP_2023.06.08_college-admissions_A-01.png?w=640)](https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2023/06/08/college-admissions-appendix/pp_2023-06-08_college-admissions_a-01-png/)