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Minimizing Attrition in Longitudinal Studies of Special Populations: An Integrated Management Approach.
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Coen, Anita Saranga; And Others – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1996
The Colorado Treatment Outcome Study, a longitudinal study of people with mental illness, developed an integrated management approach that resulted in average recontact rates of 95% in each followup year. The approach includes multiple facets with an emphasis on partnership of all participants and agencies and respect for the individual. (SLD)
Descriptors: Administration, Attrition (Research Studies), Confidentiality, Information Management
Community Needs Assessment with Hispanic, Spanish-monolingual Residents.
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Batsche, C.; Hernandez, M.; Montenegro, M. C. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1999
Describes methods to increase the participation of Hispanic residents in community-needs-assessment activities based on experiences in Tampa (Florida). Includes suggestions for defining the population, estimating population size, selecting the sample, translating instruments, and administering the survey. (SLD)
Descriptors: Community Programs, Hispanic Americans, Needs Assessment, Participation
Addressing Self-Selection Effects in Evaluations of Mutual Help Groups and Professional Mental Health Services: An Introduction to Two-Stage Sample Selection Models.
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Humphreys, Keith; And Others – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1996
The self-selection problem in program evaluation is explored, and two ways of addressing it, covariate control approaches and two-stage sample selection models, are described. A longitudinal study of the effects of participation in Alcoholics Anonymous illustrates both approaches and shows the advantages of the two-step procedure. (SLD)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Longitudinal Studies, Mental Health Programs, Program Evaluation
Analyzing Shelter Organizations and the Services They Offer: Testing a Structural Model Using a Sample of Shelter Programs.
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Delany, Peter J.; And Others – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1994
An exploratory study of 192 homeless shelters in 29 cities used structural equation analysis to analyze characteristics of organizational and service delivery systems. The resulting model showed that services offered by the shelters are best understood as being influenced by organizational structure mediated through the organization's relationship…
Descriptors: Homeless People, Influences, Models, Organizational Effectiveness
Mailed Evaluation Questionnaires: Replications of a 96 Percent Return Rate Procedure.
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Altschuld, James W.; And Others – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1992
An original study with a 96 percent questionnaire return rate and four replications with high return rates were compared in terms of populations sampled, implementation, and results. Future use of this procedure, which includes advance mailing, telephone contact, telephone explanations, and followups, is discussed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Evaluation Methods, Mail Surveys, Questionnaires
The Colorado Social Health Survey of Mental Health Service Needs: Sampling, Instrumentation, and Major Findings.
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Ciarlo, James A.; And Others – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1992
A stratified probability sample of 4,745 adults in Colorado was surveyed to determine the need for alcohol, drug abuse, and mental health services. Findings that variation in need prevalence across 48 subareas of the state substantially challenge the assumptions of a uniform rate of need in a state. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adults, Alcohol Abuse, Drug Rehabilitation, Geographic Regions
Best Wishes and Many Happy Returns: Some Federal Efforts in Recognizing the Best.
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Datta, Lois-ellin – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1993
Dissemination approaches of the U.S. Department of Education are explored in the context of federal efforts to recognize the best, considering relatively systematic approaches to recognition and the five vulnerable evaluation areas of (1) undefined universes; (2) noncomparable goals; (3) identifying reproducible conditions; (4) saturation; and (5)…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Educational Innovation, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education