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Understanding the Uncertainty of an Effectiveness-Cost Ratio in Educational Resource Allocation: A Bayesian Approach
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Pan, Yilin – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2016
Given the necessity to bridge the gap between what happened and what is likely to happen, this paper aims to explore how to apply Bayesian inference to cost-effectiveness analysis so as to capture the uncertainty of a ratio-type efficiency measure. The first part of the paper summarizes the characteristics of the evaluation data that are commonly…
Descriptors: Resource Allocation, Cost Effectiveness, Bayesian Statistics, Statistical Analysis
A Cost Analysis Plan for the National Preventive Dentistry Demonstration Program.
Foch, Craig B. – 1981
The National Preventive Dentistry Demonstration Project (NPDDP) delivers school-based preventive dental care to approximately 14,000 children in ten United States cities. The program, begun in 1976, is to be conducted over a six and one-half year period. The costing definitions and allocation rules to be used in the project are the principal…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Cost Estimates, Demonstration Programs, Dentistry
Evaluation of Child Abuse and Neglect Demonstration Projects 1974-1977, Volumes 1 and 2: Child Abuse and Neglect Treatment Programs. Final Report and Summary of Findinqs.
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Berkeley Planning Associates, CA. – 1978
The report summarizes the findings from a 3-year evaluation of 11 child abuse and neglect demonstration service projects. The 11 projects are described in terms of their goals, service activities, organization and management styles, staffing patterns, resource allocations and service costs, types of clients served, methods of case management used,…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Cost Effectiveness, Demonstration Programs
Critical Ingredients of Successful Demonstration Programs.
Adams, Kay A. – 1983
The findings from a series of case studies of nine successful demonstration programs are summarized. The programs, funded by the Appalachian Regional Commission, included child development, vocational education, technology, economic development, and housing. The primary purpose of the case studies was to discover what makes programs successful. A…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cost Effectiveness, Demonstration Programs, Field Tests
Increasing the Effectiveness of Educational Demonstration Programs. A Report.
Haggart, Sue A.; Rapp, Marjorie L. – 1972
This report delineates the data and the analytical procedures necessary for comparing educational demonstration programs. Used as a means of encouraging the introduction of new practices into the educational process, demonstration programs and their effectiveness depend, in part, on the quality of the data about the program and its availability to…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness, Cost Estimates, Data Analysis
Study of the Sustaining Effects of Compensatory Education on Basic Skills. An Overview.
Carter, Launor F.
The design of the study of sustaining effects is quite complex and this report consists of a description of its five substudies. They are: (1) longitudinal study-will follow a large number of students who are being exposed to a variety of compensatory programs and will determine their educational effectiveness; (2) innovative programs study-will…
Descriptors: Ancillary Services, Basic Skills, Case Studies, Compensatory Education