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Record Nr.

UNINA9910960366903321

Autore

Kremling Janine <1977->

Titolo

Estimating drug use : the effect of sampling methods and policy implications / / Janine Kremling

Pubbl/distr/stampa

El Paso, : LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC, 2013

ISBN

9781593327057

1593327056

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (202 p.)

Collana

Criminal justice: recent scholarship

Disciplina

362.29/120973

Soggetti

Drug abuse - Research - United States

Substance abuse - United States - Research

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.

Nota di contenuto

List of tables -- List of figures -- Overview of the duf and adam program : understanding the problem -- Why is it important to study illicit drug use? -- DUF and ADAM program : criticism and transition from a the convenience to a probability sample -- Data description and analytical strategy -- Results of the equivalence analysis : assessing the impact of sampling procedures -- Discussion and conclusion -- Appendices -- References -- 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