After very promising outcomes following interventions using the Abecedarian Approach in Canada and the USA, Sparling is currently conducting the Northern Territory Research Project involving a quasi-experimental intervention arm of exposure to the Abecedarian Approach through parent - child playgroups, compared against a control, with the primary outcome being level of school readiness. (croakey.org)
g is the number of clusters per arm, m is the average cluster size and N is the total number per intervention arm considering an a priori postulated ICC of 0.005 or 0.02. (bmcmedresmethodol.biomedcentral.com)
The allocation ratio is 2:1 (IYPB: UC), as it is important for the municipalities to have enough families in the IYPB intervention arm to start the groups. (trialsjournal.biomedcentral.com)