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Johnson, Mark B.; Lange, James E.; Voas, Robert B.; Clapp, John D.; Lauer, Elizabeth; Snowden, Cecelia B. – Evaluation Review, 2006
Alcohol use is highly prevalent among U.S. college students, and alcohol-related problems are often considered the most serious public health threat on American college campuses. Although empirical examinations of college drinking have relied primarily on self-report measures, several investigators have implemented field studies to obtain…
Descriptors: Field Studies, Campuses, Public Health, Drinking
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Sussman, Steve; Stacy, Alan W. – Evaluation Review, 1994
The following methods of estimating school-level experimentation with drugs by adolescents at 20 California continuation high schools are compared: (1) self-reports; (2) prevalence estimates from students; (3) prevalence estimates from school staff; (4) naturalistic observation; and (5) refuse (garbage) analysis. Advantages of refuse analysis are…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Continuation Students, Drinking, Estimation (Mathematics)