Document Type

Book Chapter

Publication Date

4-25-2025

Keywords

adolescent substance use, data, developmental phenomena, flexible statistical model, hypotheses, non-technical introduction, lower school performance, multiple regression, multiple regression model, parent substance use, peer substance use, regression, research, research questions, researcher, risk factors, sample of adolescents, statistical models, statistics

Disciplines

Developmental Psychology | Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Abstract

Researchers use statistical models to test hypotheses about developmental phenomena. The multiple regression model is a powerful and flexible statistical model that can be used to answer a multitude of research questions. For example, a researcher might be interested in testing whether parent substance use, peer substance use, and lower school performance are risk factors for adolescent substance use. By collecting data on a sample of adolescents, a researcher could use a multiple regression model to provide insights into this research question. Below, we provide a brief, non-technical introduction to the multiple regression model.

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