Stats + Stories 015: Screening and Intervention for Substance Abuse

With Special Guest: Nicholas Horton

Nicholas Horton is a Professor of Statistics at Amherst College. His methodologic research interests are in longitudinal regression models and missing data methods. His collaborative statistical work focuses on psychiatric epidemiology and substance abuse research. Nick serves as an associate editor for CHANCE and The American Statistician.

Our topic today is alcohol abuse among college students - a major public health concern worldwide. To prepare us for our discussion today…Stats and Stories reporter Emily Hanhart talked with two researchers who have studied alcohol abuse among college students.