Tracking Biases: An Update to the Validity and Reliability of Alcohol Retail Sales Data for Estimating Population Consumption in Scotland

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 upda...

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Autores principales: Henderson, Audrey, Robinson, Mark, McAdams, Rachel, McCartney, Gerry, Beeston, Clare
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2016
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Policy and Prevention
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4830407/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26419684
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/alcalc/agv109
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author Henderson, Audrey
Robinson, Mark
McAdams, Rachel
McCartney, Gerry
Beeston, Clare
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description 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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spelling pubmed-48304072016-04-14 Tracking Biases: An Update to the Validity and Reliability of Alcohol Retail Sales Data for Estimating Population Consumption in Scotland Henderson, Audrey Robinson, Mark McAdams, Rachel McCartney, Gerry Beeston, Clare Alcohol Alcohol Policy and Prevention 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. Oxford University Press 2016-05 2015-09-28 /pmc/articles/PMC4830407/ /pubmed/26419684 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/alcalc/agv109 Text en © The Author 2015. Medical Council on Alcohol and Oxford University Press. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ 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. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com
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Henderson, Audrey
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Tracking Biases: An Update to the Validity and Reliability of Alcohol Retail Sales Data for Estimating Population Consumption in Scotland
title Tracking Biases: An Update to the Validity and Reliability of Alcohol Retail Sales Data for Estimating Population Consumption in Scotland
title_full Tracking Biases: An Update to the Validity and Reliability of Alcohol Retail Sales Data for Estimating Population Consumption in Scotland
title_fullStr Tracking Biases: An Update to the Validity and Reliability of Alcohol Retail Sales Data for Estimating Population Consumption in Scotland
title_full_unstemmed Tracking Biases: An Update to the Validity and Reliability of Alcohol Retail Sales Data for Estimating Population Consumption in Scotland
title_short Tracking Biases: An Update to the Validity and Reliability of Alcohol Retail Sales Data for Estimating Population Consumption in Scotland
title_sort tracking biases: an update to the validity and reliability of alcohol retail sales data for estimating population consumption in scotland
topic Policy and Prevention
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4830407/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26419684
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/alcalc/agv109
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