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Peer reviewedGarasky, Steven – Evaluation Review, 1990
Massachusetts' Employment and Training (ET) Choices Program--a work-incentive demonstration--assumes that recipients of Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) would choose work over welfare if given genuine opportunities for economic improvement. Models for estimating caseload without the ET Program indicate that the program had only…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Educational Opportunities, Employment Programs, Job Training
Direct linkYampolskaya, Svetlana; Paulson, Robert I.; Armstrong, Mary; Jordan, Neil; Vargo, Amy C. – Evaluation Review, 2004
The purpose of this study was to demonstrate the development of safety, permanency, and child well-being indicators by using administrative data sets as well as by using these indicators as tools for evaluating Florida's Community-Based Care (CBC) initiative. Longitudinal data from 37 counties including 4 counties that implemented community-based…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Measurement, Privatization, Counties
Peer reviewedRock, Steven M. – Evaluation Review, 1992
The impact of the 1985 Illinois seat belt law is explored using Box-Jenkins Auto-Regressive, Integrated Moving Averages (ARIMA) techniques and monthly accident statistical data from the state department of transportation for January-July 1990. A conservative estimate is that the law provides benefits of $15 million per month in Illinois. (SLD)
Descriptors: Accidents, Cost Effectiveness, Death, Economic Impact
Peer reviewedLewis, Darrell R.; And Others – Evaluation Review, 1992
Current practices of most state vocational rehabilitation programs concerning the use and reporting of benefit-cost results are reviewed, and problematic issues are identified. Empirical data from Minnesota illustrate alternative ways of reporting evaluation results relating to efficiency. The recommended accounting framework provides relevant and…
Descriptors: Accounting, Cost Effectiveness, Economic Impact, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedGoodfellow, Marianne; And Others – Evaluation Review, 1988
This study assessed the nature of response bias in a two-stage data-collection design (telephone interviews followed by a questionnaire mailing), which was used to examine the effectiveness of a state-level pharmaceutical assistance program for the elderly. Demographic and health factors affecting response (N=1,705 elderly persons) are discussed.…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Demography, Health Conditions, Interviews
