| Session Title: Quantitative Methods TIG Business Meeting and Discussion: Building the Evidence Base for Evaluation Design |
| Business Meeting Session 252 to be held in Panzacola Section H2 on Thursday, Nov 12, 10:55 AM to 12:25 PM |
| Sponsored by the Quantitative Methods: Theory and Design TIG |
| TIG Leader(s): |
| Patrick McKnight, George Mason University, pmcknigh@gmu.edu |
| George Julnes, University of Baltimore, gjulnes@ubalt.edu |
| Karen Larwin, University of Akron, drklarwin@yahoo.com |
| Fred L Newman, Florida International University, newmanf@fiu.edu |
| Presenter(s): |
| Leonard Bickman, Vanderbilt University, leonard.bickman@vanderbilt.edu |
| Discussant(s): |
| William Shadish, University of California Merced, wshadish@ucmerced.edu |
| Abstract: Len Bickman will present on how findings on implementation of different designs gives us insight on selecting designs in different contexts. Will Shadish will respond to Bickman's presentation and also present the findings of a new study in which participants were randomly assigned to either a random field trials or regression discontinuity study. The impacts of the different approaches and the implications from this research will be discussed. |