Guidelines for Overcoming Design Problems in Family Planning Operations Research

Datos Bibliográficos

ID10796142
AutoresAndrew Fisher (0000-0002-2505-2160, autor de correspondencia), Andrew A Fisher, John Laing, J E Laing, John Stoeckel
Año1985
Volumen16
Número2
Páginas100
Fecha de publicación1985-03-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaStudies in Family Planning (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0039-3665 • E-ISSN: 1728-4465
EditorialJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/1965575
PMID3992609
OpenAlexW2044697284
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas7

This report is concerned with designs for field intervention studies utilized in operations research. Beginning with an overview of the objectives of operations research, the authors go on to review the difficulties associated with using "true experimental" designs. Proposed guidelines for designing quasi-experimental studies are then discussed. The guidelines focus on using multiple sources of data, multiple measurements over time, and multiple replications of the study intervention. Finally, an example is presented of one ongoing operations research study in Sri Lanka

Control (management · Duration (music · Environmental health · Environmental planning · Geography · Intervention (counseling · Management science · Operations management · Operations research · Population · Quasi-experiment · Random assignment · Research design · Sri lanka · Statistics · Agricultural risk and resilience · Computer Science · Engineering · Global Maternal and Child Health · Mathematics · Medicine · Nursing