A Statistical Perspective on the Design of Drug-Court Studies

Autor/inn/en	Merrall, Elizabeth L. C.; Bird, Sheila M.
Titel	A Statistical Perspective on the Design of Drug-Court Studies
Quelle	In: Evaluation Review, 33 (2009) 3, S.257-280 (24 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0193-841X
DOI	10.1177/0193841X08330819
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Research Methodology; Research Design; Evaluation Problems; Statistical Analysis; Drug Use; Courts; Criminal Law; Arizona; Australia; Delaware; Maryland; Ohio + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Forschungsdesign; Statistische Analyse; Drug consumption; Substance abuse; Drogenkonsum; Court; Gerichtshof; Strafrecht; Australien
Abstract	Recent meta-analyses of drug-court studies recognized the poor methodological quality of the evaluations, with only a few being randomized. This article critiques the design of the randomized studies from a statistical perspective. Learning points are identified for future drug-court studies and are applicable to evaluations both of other specialist courts and of court-based interventions more generally. The specific issues covered are randomization, describing the intervention, and baseline characteristics; study outcomes, and sample size calculations; in-program and postprogram behavior, analysis plan, and presentation of results. (Contains 4 tables, 2 figures, and 1 note.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10