Epi 626 Homework Assignment # 2

Youth Risk Behavior Survey

DUE 03/17/00

 

Please go the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website to find a description of the methodology of  the Youth Risk Behavior Survey (http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dash/yrbs/pdf/yrbs1997.pdf).  Please answer the questions below. All work should be typewritten. You may e-mail the assignment to me (mobrien2@maihost.tcs.tulane.edu) or put it in my box on the 20th floor (box 103).

 

Note: This file also contains the questions and response alternatives for the survey.

 

 

1. Describe the purpose of the survey.
   
2. Describe the sampling strategy in detail. Please describe any techniques that were used to improve the estimates derived from this sampling strategy. 
   
3. Describe the sampling frame. Is anyone excluded from the sampling frame? What are the consequences?
   
4. Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of this survey study design.