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Khemka, Ishita; Hickson, Linda; Mallory, Sarah B. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2016
This study was designed to assess the impact of a decision-making curriculum (PEER-DM) on the social peer relationship knowledge and self-protective decision-making skills of adolescents with disabilities in hypothetical situations involving negative peer pressure. A randomized design was used to assign students with disabilities from…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Decision Making Skills, Peer Relationship
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Jarrold, Christopher; Brock, Jon – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2004
Studies of autism typically adopt a factorial matched-groups design aimed at eliminating nonspecific factors such as mental retardation as explanations of performance on experimental tasks. This paper reviews the issues involved in designing such studies and interpreting their results and suggests that the best approach to matching may be to…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Autism, Statistical Analysis, Researchers