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Peer reviewedRaymond, Mark R. – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1989
Multidimensional scaling (MDS) and its potential use for research and evaluation in health-related professions are discussed. Useful data types, interpretation of results, and various applications of MDS are presented. MDS is less restrictive than factor analysis since it does not assume a linear relationship between the objects/variables of…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations, Cluster Analysis, Data Interpretation, Discriminant Analysis
Peer reviewedEdwards, Janine C.; And Others – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1993
Selecting and evaluating general surgery residents were studied using the Critical Incident Technique for 235 critical incidents identified by 10 faculty members and 4 senior residents. Derived categories of behavior to define surgical competence were used to develop an interview evaluation form and a handbook for interviewing applicants. (SLD)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Classification, Competence, Critical Incidents Method
Peer reviewedYarnold, Paul R.; Feinglass, Joe; McCarthy, Walter J.; Martin, Gary J. – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1999
Compared three methods for evaluating clinical outcomes for individual patients: (1) raw change score analysis, (2) normative statistical analysis, and (3) ipsative statistical analysis. Results with two samples of 39 and 20 patients show the ipsative method to be most consistent with a priori hypotheses evaluated for repeated-measures data. (SLD)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Norms, Outcomes of Treatment, Patients
Peer reviewedBeaves, Robert G.; And Others – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1988
Three commonly used indices of cost-effectiveness are compared for their usefulness to health care professionals. The methods are the cost-benefit ratio, the cost-effectiveness ratio, and the net benefit methods. The net benefit is considered the preferred index of cost-effectiveness. (TJH)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness, Evaluation Methods, Medical Care Evaluation
Peer reviewedHechenberger, Nan B.; Bausell, R. Barker – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1982
An organizational blockage instrument was administered to measure the effects of administrative interventions by a new nursing dean prior to and following certain organizational changes. A significant reduction in perceived blockages and moderate prediction of the magnitude of specific changes prior to the second data gathering could be found.…
Descriptors: Administrative Change, Change Agents, Evaluation Methods, Field Tests
Peer reviewedHowe, Holly L.; Hoff, Margaret B. – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1981
The sensitivity and simplicity of Wald's sequential analysis test in monitoring a preventive health care program are discussed. Data exemplifying the usefulness and expedience of employing sequential methods are presented. (Author/GK)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Formative Evaluation, Hypothesis Testing, Preventive Medicine
Peer reviewedLescoe-Long, Mary; Long, Michael J. – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1999
Examined the usefulness of systematically accounting for acceptable physician variations in guideline application. Review of 141 cases of treatment of acute myocardial infarction in a Canadian hospital show that even seemingly noncontentious guideline protocols do not offer a threshold of variation similar to conventional Continuous Quality…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries, Guides, Medical Services
Peer reviewedEncandela, John A.; Gehl, Mary Beth; Silvestre, Anthony; Schelzel, George – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1999
Examines results from two methods used to evaluate publicly funded human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) counseling and testing in Pennsylvania. Results of written mail surveys of all sites and interviews from a random sample of 30 sites were similar in terms of questions posed and complementary in other ways. (SLD)
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Counseling, Diagnostic Tests, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedReed, Suellen B.; Riley, William – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1979
The comprehensive model for evaluating nursing education programs is described in terms of what is evaluated; who conducts the evaluation; and why it is conducted. A structure for further action and decision making is also presented. (GDC)
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Evaluators, Higher Education
Peer reviewedLange, Brian – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1979
If the proposition is accepted that service agencies occupy unique environments, then single organism research designs (such as ABAB) and multiple baseline designs may provide more valuable information than currently accepted research methodologies. (Author/MH)
Descriptors: Community Services, Evaluation Methods, Human Services, Program Evaluation
Peer reviewedLusk, Sally Lechlitner; And Others – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1995
Observations, supervisor reports, and self-reports were compared as measures of the use of hearing protection by blue-collar workers. Results with samples ranging from 48 to 318 workers support self-report as an appropriate method that may be the best choice when time and money restrict measurement. (SLD)
Descriptors: Blue Collar Occupations, Comparative Analysis, Employees, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedSuen, Hoi K. – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1984
The Bayesian inferential process is modified for use in an aggregate meta-analytic evaluation. Compared with the average effect size meta-analytic approach, the Bayesian approach was more sensitive, more consistent and more powerful. This approach is recommended when primary data are not available and when all evaluations involve comparisons of…
Descriptors: Bayesian Statistics, Data Interpretation, Effect Size, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedSteckler, Allan – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1989
A qualitative case study and monitoring data complemented a study of the evaluation of a health promotion program (Project LIFE) conducted in 23 rubber-producing plants in the United States. The study illustrates assessment of threats to internal validity, including the degree to which the planned intervention was actually implemented. (SLD)
Descriptors: Cancer, Evaluation Methods, Health Programs, Health Promotion
Peer reviewedWood, Robin Y. – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1994
The reliability and validity of a newly constructed instrument, the Breast Self-Examination Proficiency Rating Instrument, was tested with 84 instructed and 80 uninstructed nursing students. Results support beginning reliability and preliminary validity when the instrument is used in a controlled setting. (SLD)
Descriptors: Competence, Evaluation Methods, Nurses, Nursing Education
Peer reviewedStumpf, Steven H.; Liskin, Jack – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1994
In a study conducted over three years involving selection of 32 students and 15 alternates for a physicians-assistant program, a modified ranking system was compared with a more traditional voting system. Excellent agreement existed between the methods and neither compromised the selection of disadvantaged students. Advantages of the modified…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Admission (School), Admission Criteria, Evaluation Methods
