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Improving Capacity among Non-Profits—Impact Study of the Compassion Capital Fund Demonstration Program, Technical Appendix Report
June 11, 2010This Technical Appendix report is a companion document to the report Improving Capacity among Nonprofits…
Welcome and Overview
March 5, 2007Naomi Goldstein, Director of the Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE) in the Administration of…
How should we calculate effect sizes? What are common mistakes in the calculation of effect sizes? How does research design influence the calculation of effect sizes? Howard Bloom, MDRC
March 5, 2007There are two considerations when computing or interpreting Effect Sizes: (a) different definitions of effect…
Panel 1 Summary
March 5, 2007The discussion session focused on methods for standardizing the language used when reporting effect sizes and…
Contextualizing effect sizes by examining population, study, and outcome characteristics: Extended investigation using multilevel models and mixtures, Hendricks Brown, University of South Florida
March 5, 2007This presentation examines the variation in impact with effect sizes by describing traditional meta-analyses and…
Considering effect sizes within the policy context Helping Educators, Parents and Students Find Meaning in Research Results, Harris Cooper, Duke University
March 5, 2007There are difficulties in communicating results of research to audiences lacking statistical expertise…
Panel 3 Summary
March 5, 2007Panelists indicated that intervention effects can be translated into financial benefits, but emphasized that…
Guidelines for the Release of Public-Use Data
May 6, 2004This document is one of two products created under the auspices of the Evaluation Data Coordination Project…
Understanding the Consequences of Hurricane Katrina for ACF Service Populations: A Feasibility Assessment of Study Approaches
April 15, 2008This report is a feasibility assessment—an analysis of alternative datasets and analytic approaches that…
Summary of Major Themes and Issues Raised at Meeting
April 16, 2008The Language Minority Roundtable was a working meeting where invited participants engaged in critical dialogue…