Discussion Board: The National Survey on Drug Use and Health

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Question One: Data Set
The National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) utilizes surveys in data collection. NSDUH contracts a survey research organization, such as RTI International, to conduct the surveys on its behalf. These national surveys are conducted annually whereby about 70, 000 participants are interviewed. While the interview process is personal, participants answer most of the questions in privacy by keying in the responses on a laptop that is brought to them at home by an RTI interviewer (NSDUH, n,d.). This type of survey is referred to as Computer-Assisted In-Person Interviews where data is obtained using technology to self-administer questions (Maxfield & Babbie, 2018). While such data is useful to many stakeholders, there are potential problems in using the data. Surveys are, to some extent, artificial due to the difficulties involved in assessing people’s true reactions or feelings about a certain subject (Maxfield & Babbie...