Frequency of Drug Use

Imagine you were to create a survey that examined the frequency of drug use in middle school children. Referring back to the considerations for creating surveys presented in this module and in your textbook, what specific factors would you need to consider when developing this survey? Make sure you address considerations related to age (early adolescence) and nature of the topic (drug use). How can we design and construct research instruments like scales and questionnaires? What kind of questions should be in a research instrument; should they be closed-ended or open-ended? What does it mean to say that an instrument has reliability and validity