On Defining At-Risk Status.

Stacy, E. Webb, Jr.

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ERIC Number: EJ265313

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1981

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On Defining At-Risk Status.

Stacy, E. Webb, Jr.

Evaluation and Program Planning: An International Journal, v4 n3-4 p363-75 1981

The use of prevalence data is discussed to help find the best way to separate at-risk and not-at-risk groups. Implications of the data being distributed normally are also discussed and several examples, including one with a nonnormal distribution, are given. (Author/GK)

Descriptors: High Risk Persons, Incidence, Mathematical Models, Mental Health Programs, Probability, Statistical Distributions

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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