hey teacher, part 3

Same course and friend as in the earlier "hey teacher" posts, but a different student:

>i have been working on my research proposal and have found quite a bit

>of information on my topic. my only problem is i am not positive i am

>exactly on the right track. my hypotheses include that ones knowledge

>of drug abuse effects their likelyhood to use drugs and the other one

>is that ones popularity and academic performance effect drug abuse. do

>i need to correlate this into one or leave them separate. this part is

>confusing me a little bit.