Propensity score matching strategies for evaluating the success of child and family service programs

Research on Social Work Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 212-222

  Barth, Richard P ^a,d   Shenyang Guo, ^b   McCrae, Julie S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Child welfare; Evaluation; Propensity score matching; Services research

Indexed keywords

EID: 41549151648     PISSN: 10497315     EISSN: 15527581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049731507307791     Document Type: Article

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