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The Power of Stories: Enriching Program Research & Reporting

April 21, 2016
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Historically, tribal communities have used storytelling to share language, traditions, and beliefs from one generation to another. Tribal social service programs and other human service programs can build on this rich tradition by using stories within a qualitative research framework. This report explores opportunities, considerations, and methods for using storytelling to understand and communicate information about social service programs in tribal communities...

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, 2007
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This presentation examines the variation in impact with effect sizes by describing traditional meta-analyses and…

Issues in calculating average effect sizes in meta-analyses, Rebecca Maynard, Nianbo Dong, and Irma Perez-Johnson, University of Pennsylvania

March 5, 2007
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This session focused on the rationale for calculating average effect sizes, described which measures should be…

What are effect sizes and why we need them? Larry Hedges, Northwestern University

March 5, 2007
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Effect sizes are a type of quantitative representation of the magnitude of relations, differences, or…

What is best practice when using Effect Sizes to convey information about prevention and intervention research to practitioners and policymakers? H. Stephen Leff, Human Services Research Institute

March 5, 2007
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There are two types of research—basic and intervention…

Interpreting and Contextualizing Effect Sizes - Panel 2 Summary

March 5, 2007
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The implications of measurement error differ depending on whether one is using natural or standardized units…

How measurement of outcomes affects the interpretation and understanding of effect sizes, Margaret Burchinal, University of North Carolina

March 5, 2007
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Effect sizes describe the magnitude of findings from statistical analyses...

Effect Sizes and Their Calculation (and Miscalculation) - Panel 1 Summary

March 5, 2007
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The discussion session focused on methods for standardizing the language used when reporting effect sizes and…

Agenda for ACF Hispanic Research Work Group Meeting, December 2012

December 3, 2012
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This is the Agenda for the Hispanic Research Work Group Meeting that took place on December 3, 2012, in Washington, DC...