- By Dartington SRU
- Posted on Sunday 18th May, 2014
How important is the organisation?
How much do the characteristics of the organisations that provide evidence-based programmes matter for outcomes for children and young people? It's a question that is rarely asked, as evaluations typically focus on the characteristics of the young people in the intervention, and not on the context around them. A study from 2012 takes a rare look at organisational effects – with some surprising r…
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- Posted on Sunday 18th May, 2014
To randomise or not to randomise?
Randomised experiments are the preferred method for assessing the effects of treatment for theoretical and practical reasons. It is why they are accorded the highest status in the standards of evidence that underpin Investing in Children. But they are not always feasible or ethical to do, in which case it is likely that non-randomised experiments will be used. So, to what extent do resul…
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- Posted on Sunday 18th May, 2014
So your programme works. Do you know why?
Evaluations of parenting programmes traditionally examine if a programme works. Recently they have also explored for whom and under which circumstances a programme has the best effects – the result of a growing awareness that programmes don’t work the same for all participants. The questions of how and why something works are examined much less frequently, however.The resul…
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