Pitfalls and Potholes

Data Issues to Consider When Analyzing State Opioid Policies, September 14, 2020

Rosalie Liccardo Pacula, Rosanna Smart, Bradley D. Stein

VideoPublished Oct 21, 2020

The webinar focused on data dimensions that researchers should keep in mind when conducting analyses of state opioid policies and when seeking to draw conclusions from studies, including the policy definitions data curators are using and which attributes of a policy are being evaluated from study to study.

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Pacula, Rosalie Liccardo, Rosanna Smart, and Bradley D. Stein, Pitfalls and Potholes: Data Issues to Consider When Analyzing State Opioid Policies, September 14, 2020. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 2020. https://www.rand.org/pubs/presentations/PTA921-1.html.
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