Reliability and Validity of Drug Use Items Differing in the Nature of Their Response Options.

Hays, Ron D.; Huba, George J.

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ERIC Number: EJ377310

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1988

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Reliability and Validity of Drug Use Items Differing in the Nature of Their Response Options.

Hays, Ron D.; Huba, George J.

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, v56 n3 p470-72 Jun 1988

Considered techniques to assess self-reported drug use. Evaluated the effects of different response options on the distribution, reliability, and validity of scores on drug-use items. Suggests that more quantitative measures are not necessarily more reliable or valid than less quantitative measures of drug use. (Author/KS)

Descriptors: Drug Use, Item Analysis, Psychological Testing, Psychometrics, Responses, Surveys, Test Reliability, Test Validity

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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