Baseline Nonresponse in Project ALERT: Does It Matter?

Abstract

This Note evaluates the impact of baseline nonresponse in Project ALERT (Adolescent Experiences in Resistance Training), a longitudinal experiment that test the effectiveness of a school-based drug prevention program for seventh- and eighth-grade students in 20 treatment and 10 control schools in California and Oregon. Of the intended sample, 16 percent failed to participate in some or all of the baseline data collection. The main reasons were: parents' refusal to allow their children to participate in any data collection, students' refusal to participate in some or all of the data collection, and absenteeism from school on survey dates. Students who missed the baseline survey will be dropped from the main analysis of treatment effects in Project ALERT.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1990
Accession Number
ADA258135

Entities

People

  • Cyndie Gareleck
  • Phyllis L. Ellickson
  • Robert M. Bell

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

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DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absenteeism
  • Adolescents
  • Asian Americans
  • California
  • Cannabis
  • Corporations
  • Curriculum
  • Data Analysis
  • Data Sets
  • Ethnic Groups
  • Minority Groups
  • Native Americans
  • Statistical Samples
  • Students
  • Surveys
  • Training
  • United States

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