Lies, Damned Lies and 'Problem Gambling' Prevalence Rates: The Example of Victoria, Australia
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Doughney, James (2007) Lies, Damned Lies and 'Problem Gambling' Prevalence Rates: The Example of Victoria, Australia. Journal of Business Systems, Governance and Ethics, 2 (1). pp. 41-54. ISSN 1833-4318
Abstract
This paper takes up the challenge to consider whether it is possible reasonably to overcome a number of sobering methodological deficiencies in published prevalence-rates estimates of ‘problem gambling’. The prompt to do so was the 2006 claim by the Victorian Government to have halved ‘problem gambling’ in the state. The paper shows the claim to be unscientific. It reinforces this view by demonstrating, using evidence and argument from the Productivity Commission, the Australian Bureau of Statistics and statistical/epidemiological sources, that extant sample survey techniques used to estimate prevalence-rates are seriously flawed.
| Item type | Article |
| URI | https://vuir.vu.edu.au/id/eprint/3244 |
| Official URL | https://jbsge.vu.edu.au/index.php/jbsge/article/vi... |
| Subjects | Historical > Faculty/School/Research Centre/Department > School of Economics and Finance Historical > FOR Classification > 1402 Applied Economics Historical > SEO Classification > 9104 Management and Productivity |
| Keywords | ResPubID13964, problem gambling, prevalence, epidemiology |
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