Innovative Recruitment Using Online Networks: Lessons Learned From an Online Study of Alcohol and Other Drug Use Utilizing a Web-Based, Respondent-Driven Sampling (webRDS) Strategy
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Innovative recruitment using online networks: lessons learned from an online study of alcohol and other drug use utilizing a web-based, respondent-driven sampling (webRDS) strategy.
OBJECTIVE We used a web version of Respondent-Driven Sampling (webRDS) to recruit a sample of young adults (ages 18-24) and examined whether this strategy would result in alcohol and other drug (AOD) prevalence estimates comparable to national estimates (National Survey on Drug Use and Health [NSDUH]). METHOD We recruited 22 initial participants (seeds) via Facebook to complete a web survey e...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1937-1888,1938-4114
DOI: 10.15288/jsad.2012.73.834