@article{ref1,
title="A Statistical Perspective on the Design of Drug-Court Studies",
journal="Evaluation review",
year="2009",
author="Bird, S. M. and Merrall, E. L. C.",
volume="33",
number="3",
pages="257-280",
abstract="Recent meta-analyses of drug-court studies recognized the poor methodological quality of the evaluations, with only a few being randomized. This article critiques the design of the randomized studies from a statistical perspective. Learning points are identified for future drug-court studies and are applicable to evaluations both of other specialist courts and of court-based interventions more generally. The specific issues covered are randomization, describing the intervention, and baseline characteristics; study outcomes, and sample size calculations; in-program and postprogram behavior, analysis plan, and presentation of results.<p />",
language="",
issn="0193-841X",
doi="10.1177/0193841X08330819",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0193841X08330819"
}