TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2009//
TI  - A Statistical Perspective on the Design of Drug-Court Studies
JO  - Evaluation review
A1  - Bird, S. M.
A1  - Merrall, E. L. C.
SP  - 257
EP  - 280
VL  - 33
IS  - 3
N2  - 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 />
LA  - 
SN  - 0193-841X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0193841X08330819
ID  - ref1
ER  -