Attrition: Identification and Exploration in the National Follow Through Evaluation.

St. Pierre, Robert G.; Proper, Elizabeth C.

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Attrition: Identification and Exploration in the National Follow Through Evaluation

St. Pierre, Robert G.; Proper, Elizabeth C.

Evaluation Quarterly, 2, 1, 153-66, Feb 78

The possible biasing effects of attrition of subjects in longitudinal experiments is a problem to which social science researchers and evaluators rarely attend. A study of research on Project Follow Through, however, revealed few differences in family income or pretest scores, between students who dropped out of treatment and of comparison groups. (Author/CTM)

Descriptors: Attrition (Research Studies), Control Groups, Early Childhood Education, Experimental Groups, Longitudinal Studies, Participant Characteristics, Program Evaluation, Research Design, Sampling, Statistical Bias

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