title: Psychometric and related deficits in preventive alcohol intervention programming.
abstract: The 1991 study by Collins and Cellucci ignores some important research principles needed for sound educational inquiry. Psychometric properties of evaluation instruments cannot be omitted from even field tests of small scale. Selected other omissions need review since other researchers may replicate such errors.
authors.affiliation: Division of Health Promotion, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque 87131.
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Duryea
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology; D003479:Curriculum; D006266:Health Education; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics