The effect of deviance on academic performance

Abstract

This research examined the relationship between deviance and academic performance by combining three components 1) individual factors, 2) school environmental factors, and 3) family factors, and how these three factors affect students test scores. The data used for this study was from The Education Longitudinal Study (ELS) base year of 2002. Mean Comparison Tests, and Ordinary Least Squares Regression analysis were conducted, and the result supported most of hypotheses in this study.