Manuscript Details

Lahti, M., Evans, C. B. R., Goodman, G., Schmidt, M. C., & LeCroy, C. W. (2019). Parents as teachers (PAT) home-visiting intervention: A path to improved academic outcomes, school behavior, and parenting skills. Children & Youth Services Review, 99, 451–460. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2019.01.022

Peer Reviewed

Model(s): Parents as Teachers (PAT)®
Low rating
This manuscript received a low rating because it is a non-experimental comparison group design study that does not satisfy the baseline equivalence requirement.

Study reviewed under: Handbook of Procedures and Standards, Version 2.3
Study design characteristics contributing to rating
Design Attrition Baseline equivalence Confounding factors? Valid, reliable measures?
Non-experimental comparison group design Not applicable

Established on race/ethnicity; not established on SES in the analyzed sample; outcome(s) not feasible to assess at baseline

No

Yes
Notes from the review of this manuscript

Information to demonstrate equivalence of the intervention and comparison groups was based on correspondence with the author.