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Intervention research: GAO experiences

✍ Scribed by Patrick G. Grasso

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1996
Tongue: English
Weight: 427 KB
Volume: 29
Category: Article
ISSN: 0271-3586
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0274(199604)29:4<362::aid-ajim16>3.0.co;2-#

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✦ Synopsis

This paper describes tools of program evaluation that m(iv prove useful in conducting research on occupational health and safety interventions. It presents examples qf three studies conducted by the U.S. General Accounting Office that illustrate a variety of techniques ji)r collecting and analyzing data on program interventions, including mzalysis of extant data, synthesis of results of cristing .studies, and combining data from administrative files with survey results. At the same time, it stresses the importance and diflculty of constructing an adequate "theory" of how the intervention is expected to affect outcomes, both for guiding data collection and for allovr+ig adequate interpretation of results.

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