Sentences with phrase «lack of a comparison group»

Dick Shultz makes some interesting comments about our study, the main criticism apparently being the lack of a comparison group, and Dick makes some suggestions for how alternative «controls» could have been created.

The paper's conclusion that being a visible minority does not act as a barrier is likely premature and largely untested given the respective demographics of the school and the lack of comparison groups from other schools.

Given the methodologic limits, including lack of clearly defined intervention characteristics, lack of a comparison group, retrospective collection, and lack of key measures for certain children at certain times, the intervention results were limited.

Limitations include nonrandomization of participants in all 3 studies, lack of comparison group in Study 1, and length of follow - up.

Limitations include children did not meet diagnosis of anxiety disorder, small sample size, lack of comparison group, and length of follow - up.

Limitations include small sample size, lack of comparison group for follow - up, reliance on self - reported measures, and limited generalizability due to ethnicity of participants.

Limitations included lack of comparison group and possible bias due to self - selection into the program.

Limitations include lack of randomization, lack of comparison group, lack of follow - up, and small sample size.

Limitations include reliance on self - reported measures, lack of comparison group at follow - up, small sample size and generalizability due to ethnicity.

Limitations include nonrandomization of subjects, lack of a comparison group, and lack of examination of possible nesting factors due to the multiple sites and therapists.

Limitations include the small sample size, the lack of a comparison group, and a comparatively small number of male adolescents who participated in the treatment.

A major problem for the evaluation was the lack of a comparison group, or baseline data, to measure what would have happened in the absence of income management.

A major problem for the evaluation was the lack of a comparison group, or baseline data, to measure what would have happened in the absence of income management... the overall evidence about the effectiveness of income management in isolation from other NTER measures was difficult to assess... The evaluation findings would have greater strength if these views were supplemented by empirical indicators that showed evidence of the changes reported by the various stakeholders.

Previous evaluations of the Home - Start program (Barnes et al. 2006; Frost et al. 2000) suffer from methodological problems such as lack of a comparison group, and the sole reliance on parental self - reports as a source of information.

Not exact matches

There's a common thread between those two groups — those with lack of regulation and those with, IMO, or certainly by comparison to the former, superfluous regulation.

Promising results from the new trial would be a major step forward for a field that has long been criticized for studies that are poorly designed, incomplete or lack control - group comparisons, as well as for the peddling of unproved therapies in many clinics worldwide.

Critics questioned the data because the study lacked a comparison group of patients with heart disease who didn't undergo surgery.

Another limitation is the lack of a control group, e.g., a Jell - O meal without any walnuts or walnut components, which would have provided a standard of comparison.

The main focus of our impact analysis was to investigate what impact the introduction of the check had on pupils» literacy: we lacked an adequate comparison group because the check was introduced to all schools at the same time.

Results are limited however, due to the lack of a control group, external treatments the patients may have engaged in, multiple comparisons, and the lack of assessment on dropouts.

Limitations included the lack of a control or comparison group, small sample size, and lack of follow - up..

Limitations include the lack of a control or comparison group and the small sample size.

While this Phase I study is small and lacks a comparison group, the demonstration of positive results is promising and warrants further attention.

Findings suggest substantial improvement via an intensive approach for young children with autism; however, important differences in group assignment at baseline, difficulties with systematic measurement overtime, the lack of reported treatment fidelity or adherence characteristics, and the small number of children in the comparison group limit interpretation of these findings.

Although the lack of a normally developing comparison group in this study precludes conclusions about baseline diurnal and challenge patterns, it is possible that this group of high - risk children were hyporesponsive in anticipation of a social challenge but had relatively normal diurnal patterns.

Limitations include lack of control or comparison group, lack of randomization of participants, and small sample size.

Limitations included small sample size, lack of randomization, and lack of a no - treatment control or comparison group.

Study limitations include very small group sizes, lack of randomized design and lack of an untreated comparison group.

Limitations include lack of control or comparison group, lack of randomization of participants, and lack of follow - up.

Limitations include lack of randomization and lack of a control or comparison group.

Limitations include lack of a comparison or control group.

Limitations include the small sample size, lack of control or comparison group, and generalizability to other ethnic populations.

Limitations include the lack of randomization of participants and the limited use of a comparison group.

This study is limited by lack of an untreated comparison group.

Limitations included the lack of a «pure» bibliotherapy condition, the low number of families who satisfactorily implemented the program in the email and client - initiated conditions, and lack of control / comparison groups able to be evaluated at follow - up.

Limitations include lack of randomization, comparison group lacked contemporaneous outcome assessment during entire 3 - year program period, reliance on agency - collected administrative data, and lack of follow - up.

This study is limited due to lack of a randomly assigned control group and lack of comparison between the RLH and TI - TAU group on most outcome measures, and possible selection bias in the RLH sample.

Limitations include the lack of a comparison or control group, the limited data collected at postintervention follow - up, and concerns regarding the use of standardized measures that were not designed for parents with intellectual disabilities.

Limitations include the lack of a comparison or control group, non-randomization of subjects, and sole reliance on clinician reported measures.

The major study limitation was the lack of a no - treatment control or comparison group.

Limitations include lack of a non-maltreated or child welfare services involved comparison group, possible sample collection time variation, and small sample size.

Limitations include the lack of a control or comparison group and the lack of information on co-morbid medical and mental health conditions.

Limitations include the nonrandomization of participants, lack of statistically significant findings between the intervention group and comparison group, small sample size, and lack of follow - up.

Limitations include small sample size, lack of wait list control group, and lack of comparison of dosages across experimental conditions.

Limitations included the lack of a control group comparison at the 12 and 18 month follow - ups.

No significant difference was reported between the CSA group and the comparison group on either the parent or child domain of the PSI which may be due to a lack of power as the sample size was relatively small (N = 45; CSA group n = 23, comparison group n = 22) which increases the possibility of type II error.

Our study also lacked a comparison group of typically developing peers.