Table 1.
Alcohol Use
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Original metric
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Log transformed
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n | % | M | SD | M | SD | Skew | Kurtosis | |
W1 | 10 | 2.58 | 0.89 | 0.74 | −0.54 | 1.04 | −.31 | −1.24 |
W2 | 39 | 10.46 | 4.46 | 9.10 | −0.02 | 1.72 | .38 | .63 |
W3 | 80 | 21.68 | 5.90 | 14.63 | 0.34 | 1.52 | .85 | .26 |
W4 | 106 | 28.89 | 13.63 | 19.03 | 1.68 | 1.46 | .06 | −1.00 |
W5 | 140 | 39.44 | 29.01 | 53.75 | 1.97 | 1.74 | .22 | −.78 |
W6 | 173 | 49.86 | 42.48 | 73.12 | 2.47 | 1.77 | −.12 | −.77 |
W7 | 209 | 59.54 | 236.88 | 361.89 | 4.22 | 1.84 | −.29 | −.80 |
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Marijuana Use | ||||||||
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Original metric
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Log transformed
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n | % | M | SD | M | SD | Skew | Kurtosis | |
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W1* | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
W2* | 7 | 1.88 | 4.86 | 3.18 | 1.36 | .78 | −.64 | .26 |
W3 | 31 | 8.40 | 8.74 | 10.52 | 1.58 | 1.13 | .12 | −.88 |
W4 | 45 | 12.26 | 26.13 | 51.14 | 1.91 | 1.65 | .53 | −.82 |
W5 | 53 | 14.93 | 49.79 | 98.08 | 2.30 | 1.79 | .59 | −.55 |
W6 | 89 | 25.65 | 38.67 | 81.88 | 2.15 | 1.68 | .61 | −.40 |
W7 | 164 | 46.72 | 94.61 | 126.79 | 2.90 | 2.20 | .00 | −1.65 |
Note. W = Wave;
Not included in analysis because of low endorsement; n = number of subjects who used alcohol at each wave; Original metric (alcohol) = average number of drinks per drinking episode × number of drinking episodes per year; Original metric (marijuana) = number times smoked marijuana in past year.