Methodology Reports and Questionnaires

SAMHSA's Office of Applied Studies  (OAS) addresses various methodological issues concerning OAS data collection systems including:  statistical techniques and theories, survey methods, sample design, survey instrument design, and objective evaluations of the reliability of collected data.   

  What's New in OAS Methodology Reports

  OAS Methodology Series Publications

  Methods for OAS Data Systems:

• National Survey on Drug Use & Health (formerly called the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse) Methodological Reports and Questionnaires

• Drug Abuse Warning Network Methodological Reports

• Alcohol & Drug Services Study (ADSS) Methodological Reports

  Other Topics

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What's New in Methodology Reports

 

2004 CAI Specifications:  Questionnaire & Showcard Booklet (PDF format, 1.6 MB):  National Survey on Drug Use & Health (formerly called the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse)

Alcohol and Drug Services Study Methodology Report:  Phases I, II, and III  (PDF, 978 KB)

2003 Field Interviewer Manual:  National Survey on Drug Use & Health (formerly called the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse)

2003 CAI Specifications & Showcard Booklet (PDF format) 1.7 MB

2001 Methodological Resource Book

The National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) formerly called the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (NHSDA)

Use of Incidence and Prevalence in the Substance Use Literature:  A Review  (PDF format, 116 KB)

Redesigning an Ongoing National Household Survey:  Methodological Issues (PDF format, 3.9 MB)

Methodology "M" Series Publications

Redesigning an Ongoing National Household Survey:  Methodological Issues (PDF format, 3.9 MB)

M-4:  Drug Abuse Warning Network:  Development of a New Design (PDF format)

M-3:  Development of Computer-Assisted Interviewing Procedures for the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (HTML format)  

M-2: Drug Abuse Warning Network Sample Design and Estimated Procedures-Technical Report not available on the web To request printed copy

Substance Abuse in States and Metropolitan Areas: Model Based Estimates from the 1991-1993 NHSDA--Summary Report  (WordPerfect format)

DAWN:  Methodology Reports and Questionnaires

M-4:  Drug Abuse Warning Network:  Development of a New Design (PDF format)

M-2: Drug Abuse Warning Network Sample Design and Estimated Procedures-Technical Report - -  not available on the web. To request printed copy

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This page was last updated on March 18, 2004.

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