Patrick Dattalo
Biographic Data
| ID | 4100340 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Patrick Dattalo |
| GIVEN NAMES | Patrick |
| FAMILY NAME | Dattalo |
| SIGNATURE | DATTALO P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Virginia Commonwealth University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6760-9035 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Determining Sample Size Using Fast and Slow Thinking
Using SPSS's bootstrapping procedures, this article demonstrates an approach to determining sample size that combines fast (heuristics or rules-of-thumb) and slow (statistical power analysis) thinking to balance statistical power, precision, and practicality. Sample size is determined for six commonly used statistical procedures: independent groups t-test, one-way ANOVA, one-way MANOVA, Pearson's r correlation, linear regression, and logistic reg…
Minimizing Social Desirability Bias in Measuring Sensitive Topics: The Use of Forgiving Language in Item Development
Social science research has long been concerned with attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors that are potentially objectionable, immoral, or illegal. These types of topics include, for example, racism, ableism, cheating, and stealing, among others. Referred to as “sensitive topics,” their investigation usually involves questions that require respondents to admit to attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors that violate social norms, making their assessment sus…
A systematic review of psychosocial interventions for suicidal adolescents
Strategies to approximate random sampling and assignment
Determining Sample Size
Sample size determination is an important and often difficult step in planning an empirical study. From a statistical perspective, sample size depends on the following factors: type of analysis to be performed, desired precision of estimates, kind and number of comparisons to be made, number of variables to be examined, and heterogeneity of the population to be sampled. Other important considerations include feasibility, such as ethical limitatio…
Borrowing to Save: A Critique of Recent Proposals to Partially Privatize Social Security
Concern over Social Security's forecasted long-run deficit is occurring at a time when the program has a short-term surplus. One proposed strategy to address this forecasted deficit is to allow the investment of a portion of payroll taxes into private savings accounts (PSAs). The author analyzes recent proposals for PSAs and concludes that PSAs are more likely to be a problem than a solution. Paradoxically, PSAs require the government to borrow t…
Determining Sample Size: Balancing Power, Precision, and Practicality (Pocket Guides to Social Work Research Methods)
Parent Involvement in Treatment for ADHD: A Meta-Analysis of the Published Studies
Given high rates of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) diagnosed in children, knowledge of effective treatment is crucial. To this end, a meta-analysis of parent-involved psychosocial treatment was undertaken to determine its effect on a number of outcomes salient to children with ADHD. Sixteen studies met the criteria for the meta-analysis. Findings indicated that the impact of treatment on ADHD was low compared to comparison and/or…
Time Series Analysis: Concepts and Techniques for Community Practitioners
This paper introduces community practitioners to important concepts and issues related to time series analysis. The basic components of a time series-trend, cycle, seasonal variation, and stochastic-are described, together with the related issues of sampling rate, autocorrelation, length, and missing observations. Then, a community practice example demonstrates the use of a basic two-step analytical technique. An understanding of these concepts a…
A Typology of Child Protective Services Cases Based on Client Presenting Problems
Child maltreatment often is associated with other personal, interpersonal, and environmental problems. Consequently, the ability to chracterize the type and level of child maltreatment in a family, alone, does not always provide sufficient insight into the family's current problems and service needs. In this study, all the cases sampled had documented instances of child maltreatment, and all had at least one additional presenting problem. Sets of…
Policy Analysis and Research Technology: Political and Ethical Considerations and Social Policy: Institutional Context of Social Development and Human Services
Journal Article Policy Analysis and Research Technology: Political and Ethical Considerations and Social Policy: Institutional Context of Social Development and Human Services Get access Policy Analysis and Research Technology: Political and Ethical ConsiderationsMeenaghan Thomas M. and Kilty Keith M.. Chicago: Lyceum Books, 1995. 248 pp. $24.95 paperback, ISBN 0-925065-46-3. Social Policy: Institutional Context of Social Development and Human Se…
Reorganizing child protective services: Protecting children and providing family support
A Comparison of Discriminant Analysis and Logistic Regression
Logistic regression has emerged as a robust alternative to discriminant analysis. This paper compares both statistical procedures in terms of model specification, assessment of fit, and interpretation. Although both statistics performed well as classification techniques, the logistic regression model was more parsimonious and easier to interpret. The author concludes that when choosing between these two statistics, social work researchers should …
Teaching Social Work Students to Analyze and Apply Organizational Theory
This paper describes an approach to introducing social work students to perspectives on organizations based on two change-related aspects of a theory. The first dimension is a theory's emphasis on change versus stability. The second dimension is whether a theory stresses high or low control over change. To be useful, a theory must be restated into propositions to guide intervention. A focus on these two change-related aspects helps students to de…
Moving beyond Emergency Shelter: Who Should Fund Low-Income Housing
To address the problems of homeless people, emergency-oriented services were increased during the 1980s. However, too little progress has been made in solving a principal cause of homelessness: the expanding gap between supply and demand for low-income housing. This article analyzes arguments for strengthening the roles of the federal government, states and localities, and the private sector in funding low-income housing. Recommendations include …
Homeless Women and Men: Their Problems and Use of Services
This article reports on a study of 444 homeless persons in Richmond, Virginia, that examined the relationships among homelessness and gender; current and past problems; and various demographic characteristics. The findings support the general theory that a significant proportion of homeless men and women drift down into their current situation after a history of crime, substance abuse, or mental illness. However, the path that leads to homelessne…
Minimizing Social Desirability Bias in Measuring Sensitive Topics: The Use of Forgiving Language in Item Development
Social science research has long been concerned with attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors that are potentially objectionable, immoral, or illegal. These types of topics include, for example, racism, ableism, cheating, and stealing, among others. Referred to as “sensitive topics,” their investigation usually involves questions that require respondents to admit to attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors that violate social norms, making their assessment sus…
Reorganizing child protective services: Protecting children and providing family support
A Comparison of Discriminant Analysis and Logistic Regression
Logistic regression has emerged as a robust alternative to discriminant analysis. This paper compares both statistical procedures in terms of model specification, assessment of fit, and interpretation. Although both statistics performed well as classification techniques, the logistic regression model was more parsimonious and easier to interpret. The author concludes that when choosing between these two statistics, social work researchers should …
Parent Involvement in Treatment for ADHD: A Meta-Analysis of the Published Studies
Given high rates of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) diagnosed in children, knowledge of effective treatment is crucial. To this end, a meta-analysis of parent-involved psychosocial treatment was undertaken to determine its effect on a number of outcomes salient to children with ADHD. Sixteen studies met the criteria for the meta-analysis. Findings indicated that the impact of treatment on ADHD was low compared to comparison and/or…
Homeless Women and Men: Their Problems and Use of Services
This article reports on a study of 444 homeless persons in Richmond, Virginia, that examined the relationships among homelessness and gender; current and past problems; and various demographic characteristics. The findings support the general theory that a significant proportion of homeless men and women drift down into their current situation after a history of crime, substance abuse, or mental illness. However, the path that leads to homelessne…
Moving beyond Emergency Shelter: Who Should Fund Low-Income Housing
To address the problems of homeless people, emergency-oriented services were increased during the 1980s. However, too little progress has been made in solving a principal cause of homelessness: the expanding gap between supply and demand for low-income housing. This article analyzes arguments for strengthening the roles of the federal government, states and localities, and the private sector in funding low-income housing. Recommendations include …
Homeless Women and Men: Their Problems and Use of Services
This article reports on a study of 444 homeless persons in Richmond, Virginia, that examined the relationships among homelessness and gender; current and past problems; and various demographic characteristics. The findings support the general theory that a significant proportion of homeless men and women drift down into their current situation after a history of crime, substance abuse, or mental illness. However, the path that leads to homelessne…
Teaching Social Work Students to Analyze and Apply Organizational Theory
This paper describes an approach to introducing social work students to perspectives on organizations based on two change-related aspects of a theory. The first dimension is a theory's emphasis on change versus stability. The second dimension is whether a theory stresses high or low control over change. To be useful, a theory must be restated into propositions to guide intervention. A focus on these two change-related aspects helps students to de…
Moving beyond Emergency Shelter: Who Should Fund Low-Income Housing
To address the problems of homeless people, emergency-oriented services were increased during the 1980s. However, too little progress has been made in solving a principal cause of homelessness: the expanding gap between supply and demand for low-income housing. This article analyzes arguments for strengthening the roles of the federal government, states and localities, and the private sector in funding low-income housing. Recommendations include …
Reorganizing child protective services: Protecting children and providing family support
A Comparison of Discriminant Analysis and Logistic Regression
Logistic regression has emerged as a robust alternative to discriminant analysis. This paper compares both statistical procedures in terms of model specification, assessment of fit, and interpretation. Although both statistics performed well as classification techniques, the logistic regression model was more parsimonious and easier to interpret. The author concludes that when choosing between these two statistics, social work researchers should …
A Typology of Child Protective Services Cases Based on Client Presenting Problems
Child maltreatment often is associated with other personal, interpersonal, and environmental problems. Consequently, the ability to chracterize the type and level of child maltreatment in a family, alone, does not always provide sufficient insight into the family's current problems and service needs. In this study, all the cases sampled had documented instances of child maltreatment, and all had at least one additional presenting problem. Sets of…
Policy Analysis and Research Technology: Political and Ethical Considerations and Social Policy: Institutional Context of Social Development and Human Services
Journal Article Policy Analysis and Research Technology: Political and Ethical Considerations and Social Policy: Institutional Context of Social Development and Human Services Get access Policy Analysis and Research Technology: Political and Ethical ConsiderationsMeenaghan Thomas M. and Kilty Keith M.. Chicago: Lyceum Books, 1995. 248 pp. $24.95 paperback, ISBN 0-925065-46-3. Social Policy: Institutional Context of Social Development and Human Se…
Time Series Analysis: Concepts and Techniques for Community Practitioners
This paper introduces community practitioners to important concepts and issues related to time series analysis. The basic components of a time series-trend, cycle, seasonal variation, and stochastic-are described, together with the related issues of sampling rate, autocorrelation, length, and missing observations. Then, a community practice example demonstrates the use of a basic two-step analytical technique. An understanding of these concepts a…
Parent Involvement in Treatment for ADHD: A Meta-Analysis of the Published Studies
Given high rates of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) diagnosed in children, knowledge of effective treatment is crucial. To this end, a meta-analysis of parent-involved psychosocial treatment was undertaken to determine its effect on a number of outcomes salient to children with ADHD. Sixteen studies met the criteria for the meta-analysis. Findings indicated that the impact of treatment on ADHD was low compared to comparison and/or…
Borrowing to Save: A Critique of Recent Proposals to Partially Privatize Social Security
Concern over Social Security's forecasted long-run deficit is occurring at a time when the program has a short-term surplus. One proposed strategy to address this forecasted deficit is to allow the investment of a portion of payroll taxes into private savings accounts (PSAs). The author analyzes recent proposals for PSAs and concludes that PSAs are more likely to be a problem than a solution. Paradoxically, PSAs require the government to borrow t…
Determining Sample Size: Balancing Power, Precision, and Practicality (Pocket Guides to Social Work Research Methods)
Determining Sample Size
Sample size determination is an important and often difficult step in planning an empirical study. From a statistical perspective, sample size depends on the following factors: type of analysis to be performed, desired precision of estimates, kind and number of comparisons to be made, number of variables to be examined, and heterogeneity of the population to be sampled. Other important considerations include feasibility, such as ethical limitatio…
Strategies to approximate random sampling and assignment
A systematic review of psychosocial interventions for suicidal adolescents
Determining Sample Size Using Fast and Slow Thinking
Using SPSS's bootstrapping procedures, this article demonstrates an approach to determining sample size that combines fast (heuristics or rules-of-thumb) and slow (statistical power analysis) thinking to balance statistical power, precision, and practicality. Sample size is determined for six commonly used statistical procedures: independent groups t-test, one-way ANOVA, one-way MANOVA, Pearson's r correlation, linear regression, and logistic reg…
Minimizing Social Desirability Bias in Measuring Sensitive Topics: The Use of Forgiving Language in Item Development
Social science research has long been concerned with attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors that are potentially objectionable, immoral, or illegal. These types of topics include, for example, racism, ableism, cheating, and stealing, among others. Referred to as “sensitive topics,” their investigation usually involves questions that require respondents to admit to attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors that violate social norms, making their assessment sus…
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