Old Wine in New Skins: The Sensitivity of Established Findings to New Methods

Autor/inn/en	Foster, E. Michael; Wiley-Exley, Elizabeth; Bickman, Leonard
Titel	Old Wine in New Skins: The Sensitivity of Established Findings to New Methods
Quelle	In: Evaluation Review, 33 (2009) 3, S.281-306 (26 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0193-841X
DOI	10.1177/0193841X09334028
Schlagwörter	Mental Health Programs; Health Services; Youth; Delivery Systems; Program Evaluation; Program Effectiveness; Quasiexperimental Design; Comparative Analysis; Groups; Differences; Scores; Research Methodology + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Health service; Gesundheitsdienst; Gesundheitswesen; Jugend; Jugendlicher; Jugendalter; Auslieferung; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Unterscheiden; Research method; Forschungsmethode
Abstract	Findings from an evaluation of a model system for delivering mental health services to youth were reassessed to determine the robustness of key findings to the use of methodologies unavailable to the original analysts. These analyses address a key concern about earlier findings--that the quasi-experimental design involved the comparison of two noncomparable groups. The authors employed propensity score methodology to reconsider between-group baseline differences in observed characteristics of participating families. The authors also considered the possible effect of unobserved between-group differences. The data support previous studies that show few differences in outcomes, but the findings are sensitive to unobserved heterogeneity. (Contains 4 tables and 1 note.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10