A Bayesian Model To Predict the Success of the Implementation of Health and Education Innovations in School-Centered Programs.

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Title: A Bayesian Model To Predict the Success of the Implementation of Health and Education Innovations in School-Centered Programs.
Language: English
Authors: Bosworth, K., Gingiss, P. M., Potthoff, S., Roberts-Gray, C.
Source: Evaluation and Program Planning. Feb 1999 22(1):1-11.
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 11
Publication Date: 1999
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Evaluative
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Bayesian Statistics, Elementary Secondary Education, Health Education, Institutional Characteristics, Models, Prediction, Probability, Program Implementation, School Health Services
ISSN: 0149-7189
Abstract: Describes the development and testing of a model to help schools assess their likelihood of successfully implementing health education innovations. Illustrates the model, developed using an integrative group-process technique that captures experts' qualitative and quantitative judgments as a subjective Bayesian probability model, with 100 hypothetical school profiles. (SLD)
Entry Date: 1999
Accession Number: EJ586931
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:Describes the development and testing of a model to help schools assess their likelihood of successfully implementing health education innovations. Illustrates the model, developed using an integrative group-process technique that captures experts' qualitative and quantitative judgments as a subjective Bayesian probability model, with 100 hypothetical school profiles. (SLD)
ISSN:0149-7189