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| Design | Attrition | Baseline equivalence | Confounding factors | Valid, reliable measures? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Randomized controlled trial | Low | Established on race; not established on SES; established on two of four outcome measures assessable at baseline. |
Yes |
Not assessed in manuscripts reviewed under Handbook of Procedures and Standards, Version 1 |
A confound in the study design resulted in an automatic low rating. Study participants were randomized into treatment and control groups using a procedure in which every fourth case was designated as a wait-list control. This is a cluster random assignment procedure, in which the cluster is defined by a participant’s position on the registration list. The study’s confound is that there is only one cluster in the comparison group.
Findings that rate moderate or high in this manuscript
No findings found that rate moderate or high.
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