Giftedness and High School Dropouts - Neag Center for Gifted ...
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Research Question 3: Are there any differences between gifted students who<br />
dropped out of school <strong>and</strong> gifted students who completed school with respect to the<br />
use of marijuana or cocaine<br />
To examine differences between gifted students who dropped out of school <strong>and</strong><br />
who completed school with respect to drug use, two t-tests were per<strong>for</strong>med (Research<br />
Triangle Institute, 1995). Based on the result of the preliminary analyses, two dependent<br />
variables were trans<strong>for</strong>med using inverse trans<strong>for</strong>mation because they were both<br />
extremely positively skewed. After trans<strong>for</strong>mations, two t-test procedures were<br />
conducted in which the independent variable was group (dropouts vs. non-dropouts) <strong>and</strong><br />
the dependent variables were number of times marijuana <strong>and</strong> cocaine were used. The<br />
first t-test result indicated that the effect <strong>for</strong> dropout status was significant (t<br />
(3,026)=2.04, p