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Potentially faulty data spotted in surveys of drug use and other behaviors among LGBQ youth

  • Written by Joseph Cimpian, Professor of Economics and Education Policy, New York University
Potentially faulty data spotted in surveys of drug use and other behaviors among LGBQ youthA new study found that youth were providing extreme or untruthful responses to CDC surveys on LGBQ student health. FG Trade/E+ via Getty Images

Federal data on LGBQ student health contain a significant amount of potentially exaggerated or untruthful responses, raising questions about how they might skew people’s understanding of risky...

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