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Coffin, Raymond J. – 1978
This presentation uses data from a long-term juvenile diversion counseling program to illustrate a sample method of estimating program cost. Several problems in using average cost figures are first presented. Then a method is described in which discriminant analysis can be used to refine cost comparisons. This makes it possible to produce…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness, Discriminant Analysis, Program Administration
