William Rhodes
William Rhodes
Regressions that control for confounding factors are the workhorse of evaluation research. When treatment effects are heterogeneous, however, the workhorse regression leads to estimated treatment effects that lack behavioral interpretations...
Contracting for independent evaluation: approaches to an inherent tension [0.03%]
独立评估的委托与开展：一种固有矛盾及其对策
Jacob Alex Klerman
Jacob Alex Klerman
There has recently been discussion of whether independent contract evaluation is possible. This article acknowledges the inherent tension in contract evaluation and in response suggests a range of constructive approaches to improving the in...
From partnerships to networks: new approaches for measuring U.S. National Heritage Area effectiveness [0.03%]
从合作到网络：衡量美国国家遗产地区有效性的新方法
Daniel N Laven,Daniel H Krymkowski,Curtis L Ventriss et al.
Daniel N Laven et al.
National Heritage Areas (NHAs) are an alternative and increasingly popular form of protected area management in the United States. NHAs seek to integrate environmental objectives with community and economic objectives at regional or landsca...
Charles Tremper,Sue Thomas,Alexander C Wagenaar
Charles Tremper
Evaluations that combine social science and law have tremendous potential to illuminate the effects of governmental policies and yield insights into how effectively policy makers' efforts achieve their aims. This potential is infrequently a...
Stuart S Yeh
Stuart S Yeh
A cost-effectiveness analysis of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) program suggests that Board certification is less cost-effective than a range of alternative approaches for raising student achievement, includi...
Elizabeth L C Merrall,Mandeep K Dhami,Sheila M Bird
Elizabeth L C Merrall
The determinants of sentencing are of much interest in criminal justice and legal research. Understanding the determinants of sentencing decisions is important for ensuring transparent, consistent, and justifiable sentencing practice that a...
Metric properties of the Neighborhood Inventory for Environmental Typology (NIfETy): an environmental assessment tool for measuring indicators of violence, alcohol, tobacco, and other drug exposures [0.03%]
用于衡量暴力、酒精、烟草和其他药物暴露环境评估工具的邻里环境分类计分量表（NIfETy）的度量属性
C D M Furr-Holden,K D M Campbell,A J Milam et al.
C D M Furr-Holden et al.
Objectives: Establish metric properties of the Neighborhood Inventory for Environmental Typology (NIfETy). Method: A total of 919 resid...
Comparison of paper-and-pencil versus Web administration of the Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS): risk behavior prevalence estimates [0.03%]
青年行为风险调查笔答法与网络法施测效果的比较研究——行为风险发生率估计
Danice K Eaton,Nancy D Brener,Laura Kann et al.
Danice K Eaton et al.
The authors examined whether paper-and-pencil and Web surveys administered in the school setting yield equivalent risk behavior prevalence estimates. Data were from a methods study conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
Randomized Controlled Trial
Evaluation review. 2010 Apr;34(2):137-53. DOI:10.1177/0193841X10362491 2010
Intimate partner violence at the scene: incident characteristics and implications for public health surveillance [0.03%]
亲密伴侣暴力的现场特征及其对公共卫生监测的意义
Manisha Joshi,Susan B Sorenson
Manisha Joshi
Using data that, to our knowledge, have not been used before for this purpose, we examined 9,231 opposite-sex intimate partner violence (IPV) calls for law enforcement assistance recorded in the Compstat system of a large U.S. city. Althoug...
Validation of the Crime and Violence Scale (CVS) against the Rasch measurement model including differences by gender, race, and age [0.03%]
基于Rasch测量模型的犯罪与暴力量表（CVS）验证及性别、种族和年龄差异分析
Kendon J Conrad,Barth B Riley,Karen M Conrad et al.
Kendon J Conrad et al.
In assessing criminality, researchers have used counts of crimes, arrests, and so on, because interval measures were not available. Additionally, crime seriousness varies depending on demographic factors. This study examined the Crime and V...