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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kremling, Janine, 1977-

Series:

Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship

Criminal justice: recent scholarship

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drug abuse--Research--United States.

Drug abuse.

Substance abuse--United States--Research.

Substance abuse.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (202 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

El Paso : LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781593327057

1593327056

OCLC:

831120728