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Tracking biases : an update to the validity and reliability of alcohol retail sales data for estimating population consumption in Scotland

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Date
01/05/2016
Author
Henderson, Audrey
Robinson, Mark
McAdams, Rachel
McCartney, Gerry
Beeston, Clare
Keywords
BF Psychology
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Abstract
Aims: To highlight the importance of monitoring biases when using retail sales data to estimate population alcohol consumption. Methods: Previously, we identified and where possible quantified sources of bias that may lead to under- or overestimation of alcohol consumption in Scotland. Here, we update findings by using more recent data and by quantifying emergent biases. Results: Underestimation resulting from the net effect of biases on population consumption in Scotland increased from -4% in 2010 to -7% in 2013. Conclusion: Biases that might impact on the validity and reliability of sales data when estimating population consumption should be routinely monitored and updated.
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Henderson , A , Robinson , M , McAdams , R , McCartney , G & Beeston , C 2016 , ' Tracking biases : an update to the validity and reliability of alcohol retail sales data for estimating population consumption in Scotland ' , Alcohol and Alcoholism , vol. 51 , no. 3 , pp. 363-366 . https://doi.org/10.1093/alcalc/agv109
Publication
Alcohol and Alcoholism
Status
Peer reviewed
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1093/alcalc/agv109
ISSN
0735-0414
Type
Journal article
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© The Author 2015. Medical Council on Alcohol and Oxford University Press. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Purchase of the sales data was funded by the Scottish Government as part of the wider Monitoring and Evaluating Scotland's Alcohol Strategy portfolio of studies. Funding to pay the Open Access publication charges for this article was provided by NHS Health Scotland.
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http://hdl.handle.net/10023/8988

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