Thursday, April 16, 2009


Okay guys, this is nerdcore but definitely of interest to the crew, from a scientific perspective. I did this analysis of high school senior survey data for my categorical data analysis course, and the results were pretty interesting. Check it out:

"Among high-school seniors, males and females differ in routes to drug usage (i.e., gateway drugs), as do whites and non-whites. White and females are more likely to drink alcohol than males and non-whites, but males are more likely to smoke marijuana than females. Alcohol usage leads to marijuana and cigarette smoking, and likewise, marijuana smoking leads to alcohol and cigarette usage. "

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Very intriquing Gregalo... So basically its all a big circle... rather you start with alcohol, marijuana, or even cigarettes, chances are is that you will end up doing all 3 at some point.

Is there any possible way to plug in dust-off to this equation?

"Mety's a no go" said...

You know Gregalo, I beleive this to be very true....so now that we have you as a contributor, should we soon expect to see you as a follower and also down in the SA land in a couple of months?

gregalo said...

yes, I will be visiting the SA land mid June. definitely will call all the bros

and I think you are right Coach. dust-off is far too often excluded from social surveys on drug use among teens. It's a serious problem that someone needs to deal with. We should all take a lesson from Joel, who's heart personally communicated to him, "Joel! What are you doing to me?!?"