Charles received few positive and many negative votes on peer-acceptance self-reports from the children in his class. how would charles be classified?

Charles would be classified as "rejected", as he gets more negative votes.

Self report measures of peer acceptance yield 4 primary classes:

Popular (who get numerous positive votes - are all around liked)

Rejected (who get numerous negative votes - are disliked)

Controversial (who get numerous votes, both positive and negative - are both enjoyed and disliked)

Neglected (who are only here and there specified - either emphatically or contrarily)