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Methodology: Documents Available Online

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2009

Mapping the impact: Exploring the payback of arthritis research

Steven Wooding, Edward Nason, Tony Starkey, Stephen Hanney, Jonathan Grant

A Qualitative Study of Early Childhood Educators' Beliefs about Key Preschool Classroom Experiences

Sandraluz Lara-Cinisomo, Allison Sidle Fuligni, Lindsay Daugherty, Carollee Howes, Lynn A. Karoly

2008

Recommended Methods for Determining Responsiveness and Minimally Important Differences for Patient Reported Outcomes

Dennis A. Revicki, Ron D. Hays, David Cella, Jeff A. Sloan

2007

Addressing the uncertain future of preserving the past: Towards a robust strategy for digital archiving and preservation

Stijn Hoorens, Jeff Rothenberg, Constantijn van Oranje-Nassau, Martin van der Mandele, Ruth Levitt

Bayesian Methods for Scalable Multivariate Value-Added Assessment

J. R. Lockwood, Daniel F. McCaffrey, Louis T. Mariano, Claude Messan Setodji

Controlling for Individual Heterogeneity in Longitudinal Models, with Applications to Student Achievement

J. R. Lockwood, Daniel F. McCaffrey

Isles of Scilly Travel Demand Model

The Logsum as an Evaluation Measure: Review of Literature and New Results

Gerard de Jong, Andrew Daly, Marits Pieters, Toon van der Hoorn

On the Development of Time Period and Mode Choice Models for Use in Large Scale Modelling Forecasting Systems

Stephane Hess, Andrew Daly, Charlene Rohr, Geoffrey Hyman

Repeated Measures Analyses of Dose Timing of Antiretroviral Medication and its Relationship to HIV Virologic Outcomes

Honghu H. Liu, Loren G. Miller, Carol E. Golin, Ron D. Hays, Tongtong Wu, Neil S. Wenger, Andrew H. Kaplan

The Sample Selection Model from a Method of Moments Perspective

Erik Meijer, Tom Wansbeek

TIGRIS XL land-use model: Using the TIGRIS XL model to predict transport and land-use developments

2006

Comment on a Bayesian Dynamic Model for Influenza Surveillance by Sebastiani et al., Statistics in Medicine

Michael A. Stoto

Creating the Evidence Base for the MLA Partnership

Ruth Levitt, Michael Hallsworth, Lila Rabinovich, Cameron Munro

Estimating Probit Models with Self-Selected Treatments

Jay Bhattacharya, Dana P. Goldman, Daniel F. McCaffrey

The Evolution of the All-Volunteer Force

Bernard D. Rostker

Family History of Type 2 Diabetes: A Population-Based Screening Tool for Prevention?

Susan Hariri, Paula W. Yoon, Nadeem Qureshi, Rodolfo Valdez, Maren T. Scheuner, Muin J. Khoury

Flexible Distributions for Triple-Goal Estimates in Two-Stage Hierarchiacal Models

Susan M. Paddock, Greg Ridgeway, Rongheng Lin, Thomas A. Louis

A General, Analytic Method for Generating Robust Strategies and Narrative Scenarios

Robert J. Lempert, David G. Groves, Steven W. Popper, Steven C. Bankes

I Want You!: The Evolution of the All-Volunteer Force

Bernard D. Rostker

Identification of Differential Item Functioning Using Item Response Theory and the Likelihood-Based Model Comparison Approach: Application to the Mini-Mental State Examination

Maria Orlando Edelen, David Thissen, Jeanne A. Teresi, Marjorie Kleinman, Katja Ocepek-Welikson

Impact of Changing the Statistical Methodology on Hospital and Surgeon Ranking: The Case of the New York State Cardiac Surgery Report Card

Laurent G. Glance, Andrew Dick, Turner M. Osler, Yue Li, Dana B. Mukamel

Success Matters: Recasting the Relationship among Geophysical, Biological, and Behavioral Scientists to Support Decision Making on Major Environmental Challenges

Debra Knopman

Using Foresight Methods to Anticipate Future Threats: The Case of Disease Management

Sai Ma, Michael Seid

2005

Economics and Physical Activity: A Research Agenda

Roland Sturm

Entry by Spinoffs

Steven Klepper, Sally Sleeper

Field Testing: What It Is and How We Do It

Ron D. Hays, Julie A. Brown

The PedsQL: Reliability and Validity of the Short-Form Generic Core Scales and Asthma Module

Kitty S. Chan, Rita Mangione-Smith, Tasha M. Burwinkle, Mayde Rosen, James W. Varni

Statistical Collaboration to Impact Policy Decisions

Sally C. Morton

Urologic Diseases in America Project: Analytical Methods and Principal Findings

Mark Litwin, Christopher S. Saigal, Elizabeth Yano, Chantal Avila, Sandra Geschwind, Janet M. Hanley, Geoffrey F. Joyce, Rodger Madison, Jennifer E. Pace, Suzanne Polich, Mingming Wang

Using Categorisations of Citations When Assessing the Outcomes from Health Research

Stephen Hanney, Iain Frame, Jonathan Grant, Martin Buxton, Tracey Young, Grant Lewison

2004

Competing Views of Chiropractic: Health Services Research Versus Ethnographic Observation

Ian D. Coulter

Development and Evaluation of a Patient Self-Report Case-Finding Method for Rheumatoid Arthritis

Andrew L. Wong, Judith O. Harker, Brian Mittman, Gerald D. Levy, Ken J. Bulpitt, Keith K. Colburn, Honghu H. Liu, Katherine L. Kahn, Bevra H. Hahn, Harold E. Paulus, Laurence Rubenstein

Evaluating the Planned Substitution of the Minimum Data Set-Post Acute Care for Use in the Rehabilitation Hospital Prospective Payment System

Joan L. Buchanan, Patricia Andres, Stephen M. Haley, Susan M. Paddock, Alan Zaslavsky

The Interview Mode Effect on the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression (CES-D) Scale: An Item Response Theory Analysis

Kitty S. Chan, Maria Orlando Edelen, Bonnie Ghosh-Dastidar, Naihua Duan, Cathy D. Sherbourne

Mammography Benefit in the Canadian National Breast Screening Study-2: Model Evaluation

Adriana J. Rijnsburger, Gerritt J. van Oortmarssen, Rob Boer, Gerrit Draisma, Teresa To, Anthony B. Miller, Harry J. de Koning

A Measurement Model Approach to Estimating Community Policing Implementation

Jeremy M. Wilson

Meta-Regression Approaches: What, Why, When, and How?

Sally C. Morton, John L. Adams, Marika Suttorp, Roberta M. Shanman, Di Valentine, Shannon Rhodes, Paul G. Shekelle

A New Instrument to Measure Appropriateness of Services in Primary Care

David H. Thom, Richard L. Kravitz, Steven Kelly-Reif, Ronnie V. Sprinkle, Joseph R. Hopkins, Lisa V. Rubenstein

Propensity Score Estimation with Boosted Regression for Evaluating Causal Effects in Observational Studies

Daniel F. McCaffrey, Greg Ridgeway, Andrew R. Morral

The Returns from Arthritis Research Volume 1: Approach, Analysis and Recommendations

Steven Wooding, Stephen Hanney, Martin Buxton, Jonathan Grant

Too Much Ado About Two-Part Models and Transformation?: Comparing Methods of Modeling Medicare Expenditures

Melinda Beeuwkes Buntin, Alan Zaslavsky

Using an Empirical Method for Establishing Clinical Outcome Targets in Disease Management Programs

Ariel Linden, John L. Adams, Nancy Roberts

2003

An Action Model of Socially Disruptive Behaviors Committed by Persons with Severe Mental Illness: The Role of Self-Reported Childhood Abuse and Suspiciousness--Hostility

Golan Shahar, Matthew Chinman, David Sells, Larry Davidson

An Assessment of the Total Population Approach for Evaluating Disease Management Program Effectiveness

Ariel Linden, John L. Adams, Nancy Roberts

Competitive Sourcing and the Morale of Federal Employees

Frank Camm

Development and Validation of a Grading System for the Quality of Cost-Effectiveness Studies

Chiun-Fang Chiou, Joel W. Hay, Joel F. Wallace, Bernard S. Bloom, Peter J. Neumann, Sean D. Sullivan, Hsing-Ting Yu, Emmett B. Keeler, James M. Henning, Joshua J. Ofman

Emerging Models of Depression Care: Multi-Level ('6 P') Strategies

Harold Alan Pincus, Lin Hough, Jeanie Knox Houtsinger, Bruce L. Rollman, Richard G. Frank

Evaluating Disease Management Program Effectiveness: An Introduction to Time-Series Analysis

Ariel Linden, John L. Adams, Nancy Roberts

An Evidence-Based National Quality Measurement and Reporting System

Elizabeth A. McGlynn

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