Procedure

The first round of data collection drew from the Fall 2012 and Winter 2013 cohorts and 7 responses were received, all from the Winter 2013 cohort and all had participated in the study buddy activity. The second round of data collection drew from two concurrent sections in the Spring 2013 semester. This resulted in a further 24 responses, of whom 18 participated in the study buddy activity and 6 did not. A total of 31 subjects participated in the study; 25 were participants in the study buddy activity and 6 were non-participants. The response rate was 30.6%.