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ERIC Number: EJ390574
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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Statistical Conclusion Validity of Early Intervention Research with Handicapped Children.
Ottenbacher, Kenneth J.
Exceptional Children, v55 n6 p534-40 Apr 1989
The study examining the validity of statistical conclusions of 49 early intervention studies found that 4 percent had adequate power to detect medium intervention effects and 18 percent to detect large intervention effects. Low statistical conclusion validity has practical consequences in program evaluation and cost-effectiveness determinations. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Disabilities, Effect Size, Intervention, Preschool Education, Program Evaluation, Research Methodology, Statistical Significance, Statistics
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Early Intervention