Five Methods of Assessing School-Level Daily Use of Cigarettes and Alcohol by Adolescents at Continuation High Schools.

Sussman, Steve; Stacy, Alan W.

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Publication Date: 1994

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Five Methods of Assessing School-Level Daily Use of Cigarettes and Alcohol by Adolescents at Continuation High Schools.

Sussman, Steve; Stacy, Alan W.

Evaluation Review, v18 n6 p741-55 Dec 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 discussed. (SLD)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Continuation Students, Drinking, Estimation (Mathematics), Evaluation Methods, High School Students, High Schools, Incidence, Naturalistic Observation, Nontraditional Education, Research Methodology, School Personnel, Smoking, Solid Wastes, Student Attitudes

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: California

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