The Utility of "Tree-Generating" Statistics in Applied Social Work Research.

Wambach, Kathryn G.

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ERIC Number: EJ602684

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Publication Date: 1999

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The Utility of "Tree-Generating" Statistics in Applied Social Work Research.

Wambach, Kathryn G.

Evaluation and Program Planning, v22 n4 p375-84 Nov 1999

Illustrates the usefulness of "tree-generating" statistics for public sector service planning, focusing on the use of Automatic Interaction Detection, an early version of tree-generating statistics, to provide a model for the data analysis needed to plan substance abuse programs on a local level. (SLD)

Descriptors: Planning, Program Development, Research Methodology, Social Science Research, Social Work, Statistical Analysis, Substance Abuse

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Language: English

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