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Andres De Los Reyes; Elizabeth Talbott; Thomas J. Power; Jeremy J. Michel; Clayton R. Cook; Sarah J. Racz; Olivia Fitzpatrick – Grantee Submission, 2021
Over 60 years of research reveal that informants who observe youth in clinically relevant contexts (e.g., home, school)--typically parents, teachers, and youth clients themselves--often hold discrepant views about that client's needs for mental health services (i.e., "informant discrepancies"). The last 10 years of research reveal that…
Descriptors: Youth, Mental Health, Evaluation Methods, Measures (Individuals)
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Volpe, Robert J.; Briesch, Amy M. – School Psychology Review, 2018
The purpose of this commentary is to discuss articles in the special issue focused on improving procedures for universal screening for social-emotional and behavioral problems. Based on work by Hunsley and Mash (2007), we examine factors to consider for those seeking to establish evidence-based behavioral screening practices in school settings.…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, Screening Tests, Behavior Problems, Student Behavior
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Stewart, Neil; Chater, Nick; Brown, Gordon D. A. – Cognitive Psychology, 2006
We present a theory of decision by sampling (DbS) in which, in contrast with traditional models, there are no underlying psychoeconomic scales. Instead, we assume that an attribute's subjective value is constructed from a series of binary, ordinal comparisons to a sample of attribute values drawn from memory and is its rank within the sample. We…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Sampling, Models, Evaluation Methods
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Kienast, Philip; And Others – Personnel Psychology, 1983
Describes a method employing conjoint analysis that generates utility/cost ratios for various elements of the compensation package. Its superiority to simple preference surveys is examined. Results of a study of the use of this method in fringe benefit planning in a large financial institution are reported. (Author/JAC)
Descriptors: Compensation (Remuneration), Cost Effectiveness, Employee Attitudes, Employees
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Maher, Charles A. – Psychology in the Schools, 1981
Describes a procedure for program evaluation of a special education day school. The procedure enables a program evaluator to: (1) identify priority evaluation information needs of a school staff, (2) involve those persons in evaluation design and implementation, and (3) determine the utility of the evaluation for program decision-making purposes.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Change, Decision Making, Educational Planning
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Rich, Joseph R.; Boudreau, John W. – Personnel Psychology, 1987
Investigated utility estimate variability for the selection utility of using the Programmer Aptitude Test to select computer programmers. Comparison of Monte Carlo results to other risk assessment approaches (sensitivity analysis, break-even analysis, algebraic derivation of the distribtion) suggests that distribution information provided by Monte…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Evaluation Methods, Human Resources, Labor Utilization