Methodological and Statistical Considerations in Measuring Alcohol Treatment Effects

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1686-1691

  Stout, Robert L ^a  

^a Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol and Stress; Alcohol Treatment Outcome; Event History Analysis; Process Analysis; Statistical Power; Utility Theory

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIFE EVENT; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DESIGN; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL UTILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL POWER; STRESS; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ALCOHOLISM; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0142040214     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ALC.0000091225.43296.8A     Document Type: Conference Paper

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