Concurrent Validation of Substance Abusers Self‐Reports Against Collateral Information: Percentage Agreement VS. k Vs. Yule's Y

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 231-237

  Hoffmann, Norman G ^a   Ninonuevo, Fred G ^a  

^a New Standards Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Addictions; Agreement; Self report; Validity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DENIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADULT; AFTERCARE; ALCOHOLISM; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TEMPERANCE; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 0028220780     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1994.tb00006.x     Document Type: Article

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