Pretesting as a Confounding Variable in Evaluating an Encounter Group.

Kroeker, L. L.

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Publication Date: 1974

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Pretesting as a Confounding Variable in Evaluating an Encounter Group

Kroeker, L. L.

Journal of Counseling Psychology, 21, 6, 548-552, Nov 74

Evaluations of both individual and group therapies have yielded equivocal results. The results of this study indicate that the proportion of variance contributed by pretesting is influenced by group membership, treatment, and outcome criterion and is largely unpredictable. (Author)

Descriptors: Counseling Effectiveness, Evaluation Methods, Group Counseling, Prediction, Pretests Posttests, Research Projects, Testing Problems

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