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[quote=Anonymous]"It's not confusing you just didn't read the report. As accurately reported by a PP it says the following in the report if you would have read down a couple bullet points.

Binge drinking is defined as consuming five or more
alcoholic drinks in a row in the past two weeks.
Ninety-three percent of 12th graders report not binge
drinking"

You're accusing me of not having "read down a couple of bullet points" and the quote literally the exact same words I used in my post?!?! Do you not understand that if I quoted those words, I obviously read them first?

https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/data/sites/data/files/assets/documents/youth%20survey/survey%20instrument/2022%20fairfax%20county%20survey_8_10_12_final_oct182022.pdf

This is the survey instrument that was used on the Fairfax kids. They ONLY surveyed 10th graders and 12th graders, which makes no sense. They don't tell us if the two age groups were equal in size and if they're different size groups, what is the distribution? They don't tell us at what point in the school year these sophomores and seniors were surveyed, which matters since a lot happens during senior year. They ask the drinking questions in three different ways. The "report" doesn't indicate which findings are from which question, which is a big problem.

Here are the questions:
On how many occasions (if any) have you:
* ...had beer, wine, or hard liquor in your [u]lifetime[/u] (more than a few sips)?
* ...had beer, wine, or hard liquor during the [u]past 30 days[/u]?
* Think back over the [u]last two weeks[/u]. How many times have you had five or more alcoholic drinks in a row?

Now go look at the "report" and how it doesn't align with these questions.

This is a great example of how not to survey kids in these age groups about this subject. My favorite question in the survey was this one: How old were you when you first belonged to a gang? SMH.

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