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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Aug 22.
Published in final edited form as: Psychol Addict Behav. 2011 Mar;25(1):80–89. doi: 10.1037/a0021874

Table 3.

Categorical Models of the Accuracy and Bias in Estimates of Peer Substance Use: Add-Health Data, N = 2194

Effect Contrast Tobacco Use Alcohol Use Marijuana Use

Estimate SE χ2 Estimate SE χ2 Estimate SE χ2
Intercept a vs. d −0.65 0.13 23.21** −1.48 0.13 125.57** 0.24 0.18 1.80
b vs. d −0.49 0.12 17.64** −0.03 0.08 0.18 −0.43 0.18 5.78*
c vs. d −1.21 0.13 85.30** −2.08 0.15 190.79** −0.33 0.17 3.79
Use (No) a vs. d 1.77 0.13 174.41** 1.53 0.13 135.45** 0.00 0.06 0.00
b vs. d 1.18 0.12 102.20** 0.96 0.08 158.48** 0.04 0.07 0.42
c vs. d 0.56 0.13 18.08** 0.30 0.15 3.94* 0.08 0.08 1.02
Gender (female) a vs. d −0.12 0.06 3.96* 0.77 0.13 34.49** 1.70 0.13 165.08**
b vs. d −0.02 0.06 0.13 0.47 0.08 38.06** 1.34 0.12 121.58**
c vs. d −0.02 0.08 0.05 0.24 0.15 2.49 0.26 0.09 8.73**
Age (12–14) a vs. d 0.58 0.13 18.83** −0.09 0.13 0.47 1.07 0.13 65.26**
b vs. d 0.25 0.12 4.61* 0.06 0.08 0.58 0.49 0.14 11.34**
c vs. d 0.20 0.13 2.29 −0.01 0.15 0.01 0.53 0.16 10.42**
Use by age a vs. d 0.14 0.13 1.17 −0.07 0.08 0.72 - a - a - a
b vs. d 0.25 0.12 4.46* −0.11 0.05 4.04* - a - a - a
c vs. d 0.22 0.13 2.88 0.01 0.10 0.01 - a - a - a

Note:

*

p < .05.

**

p < .01.

Contrasts: a vs. d = Correct rejection vs. hit; b vs. d = miss vs. hit; c vs d = false alarm vs. hit

a

Effect not estimable due to sparse data.