Estimating drug use [[electronic resource] ] : the effect of sampling methods and policy implications / / Janine Kremling
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Kremling Janine <1977->
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| Titolo: |
Estimating drug use [[electronic resource] ] : the effect of sampling methods and policy implications / / Janine Kremling
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| Pubblicazione: | El Paso, : LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC, 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (202 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 362.29/120973 |
| Soggetto topico: | Drug abuse - United States - Research |
| Substance abuse - United States - Research | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Estimating drug use |
| ISBN: | 1-59332-705-6 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910462885703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship