Sources of Error in Substance Use Prevalence Surveys

<table class="table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left">Errors of representation</td><td align="center">Errors of measurement</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">    Coverage errors</td><td align="center">    Specification errors</td></tr><tr><td align="left">    Sampling errors</td><td align="center">    Measurement errors</td></tr><tr><td align="left">    Nonresponse errors</td><td align="center">    Processing errors</td></tr><tr><td align="left">    Adjustment errors</td><td align="center">    Inferential errors</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Elements of the Lavrakas (2013) total survey error model.

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Table 1: Sources of Error in Substance Use Prevalence Surveys 