Great to see some young folk lurking here. These whipper snappers will have a head-start over us 30/40/50 somethings.
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Poll: How old are you?
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#14221-25 please?
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#143Earlier quoted context omitted.
"Do they do anything similar to correct for lying" There is an entire literature on the validity of self-reported drug use that they take into account. For example, there is a phenomenon called recanting, where someone will admit to using a drug one year and then deny it in future years. They correct for this by ignoring when someone recants if they have already admitted to using the drug on at least two previous sur…
I really don't think you can adjust away the teenage propensity to lie on these sorts of things. If there's one thing students in the US are taught effectively, it's how to game multiple choice tests. Throwing in trick questions isn't going to do much, especially for your AP-track students.
"I really don't think you can adjust away the teenage propensity to lie on these sorts of things."
The research seems to show that the self-reported responses are pretty accurate. For example, the number of people who reported using LSD basically went to zero right after the Pickard bust in 2003, when pretty much the entire US production got shut down. This means that if there are people lying about taking drugs they haven't been taking, it can't really be much than a couple tenths of a percent.
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#144Waited until this morning to respond so I could answer 26-30. Wouldn't want to be counted with all those "early 20-somethings"
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#145Would be great if someone made diagram out of this.
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#146Where is 21-25???
I'm 22.
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#147I'm 23 and it seems to me that this poll is missing 21-25 group. Or I'm indeed blind, that's also possible.
It's there, but it's hidden for some weird reason. It's marked as [dead]. Edit: Go to your profile and enable "showdead", and you will be able to see and vote on it.
I'd expect this group to be the highest ranked... why would this be hidden/dead?
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#148Looks like we lost the 21-25 category.
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#149Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's funny how when you get here (I'm 47) you realize what a bunch of BS all the age complaints are. You appreciate life so much more, and -- speaking for myself -- are as full of energy and ideas as ever.
Based on what I have seen of old people, people tend to become more of what they are so if you are generally a happy person, you should be more so as you get older. Which means I will be terrible in my old age...
Or you can change. Now. It's not only possible, it's not really that hard.
Re: Poll: How old are you?
#150What happened to 21-25?