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Propensity Score Matching Strategies for Evaluating the Success of Child and Family Service Programs
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Direct linkBarth, Richard P.; Guo, Shenyang; McCrae, Julie S. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2008
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…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Social Work, Scores, Evaluation Methods
McCrae, Julie S.; Barth, Richard P. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2008
Objective: This study tests the hypothesis that information typically collected during a maltreatment investigation can be used to screen children for mental health problems. Method: Data are from the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being. Cumulative risk scores were created for 3,022 children and compared to reports of clinical-level…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Mental Health, Adolescents, At Risk Persons
