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Meeting the Challenge of Doing an RCT Evaluation of Youth Mentoring in Ireland: A Journey in Mixed Methods

Authors :
Brady, Bernadine
O'Regan, Connie
Source :
Journal of Mixed Methods Research. 2009 3(3):265-280.
Publication Year :
2009

Abstract

The youth mentoring program Big Brothers Big Sisters is one of the first social interventions involving youth in Ireland to be evaluated using a randomized controlled trial methodology. This article sets out the design process undertaken, describing how the research team came to adopt a concurrent embedded mixed methods design as a means of balancing ethical, feasibility, and scientific issues associated with the randomized controlled trial method, establishing an epistemological position and integrating data from various methods and multiple sources. (Contains 4 figures and 1 note.)

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1558-6898
Volume :
3
Issue :
3
Database :
ERIC
Journal :
Journal of Mixed Methods Research
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
EJ843839
Document Type :
Journal Articles<br />Reports - Descriptive
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1177/1558689809335973