Methodological and statistical considerations in alcohol policy evaluation

Statistical and methodological considerations for reporting RCTs in medical literature

Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are known to provide the most reliable evidence on intervention. However, RCTs are often conducted and reported incompletely and inadequately, making readers and reviewers unable to judge the validity and reliability of the trials. In this article, we consider the statistical and methodological issues involved in reporting on RCTs, particularly in relation to...

Alcohol policy considerations for Indian people.

In a thoughtful and well-documented paper, Dr. Philip May calls our attention to the need for a proactive and aggressive public policy stance in Indian communities toward alcohol abuse and dependence. He outlines three important approaches: controlling the supply of alcohol, shaping the drinking practices of Indian people, and reducing the physical, social, and environmental risks of drinking. ...

Some Methodological Considerations of Curriculum Evaluation Research

THE demonstration and descrip tion of effectiveness are principal concerns of every curriculum evaluation. The evalu ation designs constructed and used b> I'^e experimental curriculum developers to ac complish these purposes assume mony ^r,d varied modes. Examples of this variability are observable in the published literature describing experimental science curriculum projects such as the Ameri...

Evaluation of protein quality: methodological considerations.

It is 25 years since the Society held a meeting on this same topic (12 October 1957). The enormous efforts that have gone into protein evaluation in the intervening quarter century suggest a need to reiterate and emphasize points made at that meeting (Bender, 1958) namely, that all measures of protein quality are a function of the limiting amino acid (AA), that the tests do not yield any inform...

Evaluation of Industrial Policy: Methodological Issues and Policy Lessons