derbisol
English
Noun
derbisol (uncountable)
- A fictitious drug, sometimes included in academic questionnaires to test the reliability of respondents.
- 2004, A Study of the 2002 Arizona Youth Survey: Gang Membership Among Youth
- On how many occasions (if any) have you used derbisol during the past 30 days?
- 2010, Journal of Psychology in Africa (volume 20, issues 1-2, page 36)
- Students were also asked if they had used a fictitious substance (Derbisol), and the students that responded positively to this item (n = 6 in Queenstown and n = 3 in Umtata) were excluded from the study.
- 2004, A Study of the 2002 Arizona Youth Survey: Gang Membership Among Youth