Re: NIS methodology

["Ineke Way" <ineke.way@xxxxxxxxx>]

a couple of references to check are:

Ards, S., & Harrell, A. (1993). Reporting of child maltreatment:
Secondary analysis of the National Incidence Surveys. Child Abuse &
Neglect, 17, 337-344.
Ards, S., Chung, C., & Myers, S. L. (1998). The effects of sample
selection on racial differences in child abuse reporting. Child
Abuse & Neglect, 22, 103-115.

Ineke Way


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>>> bill_higginsus@xxxxxxxxx 10/03/01 02:35PM >>>
I am looking for articles that critique the NIS
methodology.  I heard there are some problems with the
accuracy of these statistics, but I can't seem to find
documentation in the library.

Bill


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