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A Statistical Perspective on the Design of Drug-Court Studies

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Recent meta-analyses of drug-court studies recognized the poor methodological quality of the evaluations, with only a few being randomized. This article critiques the design of the randomized studies from a statistical perspective. Learning points are identified for future drug-court studies and are applicable to evaluations both of other specialist courts and of court-based interventions more generally. The specific issues covered are randomization, describing the intervention, and baseline characteristics; study outcomes, and sample size calculations; in-program and postprogram behavior, analysis plan, and presentation of results.

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Series Title

Evaluation Review

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Publisher

Thousand Oaks, CA : Sage Publication., 2009

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Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

0193841x

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Vol. 33, No. 3, June 2009. pp. 257-280

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Drug-courts
Study design
Statistical
Randomization

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