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A Randomized Trial of Wraparound Facilitation versus Usual Child Protection Services
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Browne, Dillon T.; Puente-Duran, Sofia; Shlonsky, Aron; Thabane, Lehana; Verticchio, Dominic – Research on Social Work Practice, 2016
Objective: To evaluate whether the addition of a wraparound facilitator to regular child protection services improved child and family functioning over 20 months. Method: A single blind randomized controlled trial with concealment and stratification across three sites (N = 135 eligible families with substantiated maltreatment). Results: Based on 2…
Descriptors: Randomized Controlled Trials, Intervention, Facilitators (Individuals), Child Safety
Researchers' Perceptions of Statistical Significance Contribute to Bias in Health and Exercise Science
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Buchanan, Taylor L.; Lohse, Keith R. – Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, 2016
We surveyed researchers in the health and exercise sciences to explore different areas and magnitudes of bias in researchers' decision making. Participants were presented with scenarios (testing a central hypothesis with p = 0.06 or p = 0.04) in a random order and surveyed about what they would do in each scenario. Participants showed significant…
Descriptors: Researchers, Attitudes, Statistical Significance, Bias