Propensity Score Matching Strategies for Evaluating the Success of Child and Family Service Programs

Autor/inn/en	Barth, Richard P.; Guo, Shenyang; McCrae, Julie S.
Titel	Propensity Score Matching Strategies for Evaluating the Success of Child and Family Service Programs
Quelle	In: Research on Social Work Practice, 18 (2008) 3, S.212-222 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1049-7315
DOI	10.1177/1049731507307791
Schlagwörter	Research Methodology; Social Work; Scores; Evaluation Methods; Program Evaluation; Program Effectiveness; Family Programs; Causal Models; Child Welfare; Well Being; Regression (Statistics); Sampling; Substance Abuse; Child Abuse; Foster Care; Mental Health; Child Behavior; Behavior Problems + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Research method; Forschungsmethode; Soziale Arbeit; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Family program; Familienprogramm; Kausalanalyse; Kindeswohl; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Drug use; Drug consomption; Drogenkonsum; Abuse of children; Abuse; Child; Children; Kindesmissbrauch; Missbrauch; Kind; Kinder; Pflegehilfe; Psychohygiene
Abstract	This article presents propensity score matching as a method to implement randomized conditions to analyze service effects using nonexperimental data. Most social work research is challenged to implement randomized clinical trials, whereas administrative and survey data are often available and can provide valuable information about services received under naturalistic conditions. This article discusses the assumptions of this method and the analytic steps involved; and it presents three examples of the approach, demonstrating that it is possible to approximate the conditions of a randomized controlled trial, and when selection bias is reduced, investigators can have more confidence in their findings. (Contains 1 note.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10