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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462885703321

Autore

Kremling Janine <1977->

Titolo

Estimating drug use [[electronic resource] ] : the effect of sampling methods and policy implications / / Janine Kremling

Pubbl/distr/stampa

El Paso, : LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC, 2013

ISBN

1-59332-705-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (202 p.)

Collana

Criminal justice: recent scholarship

Disciplina

362.29/120973

Soggetti

Drug abuse - United States - Research

Substance abuse - United States - Research

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

Kremling uses data from the Drug Use Forecasting (DUF) and the Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring (ADAM) programs to explore whether the drug estimates of DUF, using a non-probability sample, and the drug use estimates of ADAM, using a probability sample, yield different results. She finds that the drug use information in DUF and ADAM is not substantially different for marijuana, cocaine, and opiates for all sites analyzed together. Her main conclusion is that a probability sample does not produce results that are substantially different from a convenience sample. While a researcher can attempt to