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ArticleNew directions for evaluation2022

Gauging treatment impact: The development of exposure variables in a large-scale evaluation study.

Nicole M G Maccalla, Dawn Purnell, Heather E McCreath, Robert A Dennis, Teresa Seeman

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Article in New directions for evaluation, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Nicole M G MaccallaUniversity of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Dawn PurnellUniversity of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Heather E McCreathUniversity of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Robert A DennisUniversity of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Teresa SeemanUniversity of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA.
University of California, Los Angeles · US

Funding

NIH Diversity Program Consortium Coordination and Evaluation Center at UCLAU54GM119024 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI NORRIS, KEITH C, SEEMAN, TERESA E · 2015 to 2023
$38.2M
NIGMS NIH HHS U54 GM119024
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

While guidance on how to design rigorous evaluation studies abounds, prescriptive guidance on how to include critical process and context measures through the construction of exposure variables is lacking. Capturing nuanced intervention dosage information within a large-scale evaluation is particularly complex. The Building Infrastructure Leading to Diversity (BUILD) initiative is part of the Diversity Program Consortium, which is funded by the National Institutes of Health. It is designed to increase participation in biomedical research careers among individuals from underrepresented groups. This chapter articulates methods employed in defining BUILD student and faculty interventions, tracking nuanced participation in multiple programs and activities, and computing the intensity of exposure. Defining standardized exposure variables (beyond simple treatment group membership) is crucial for equity-focused impact evaluation. Both the process and resulting nuanced dosage variables can inform the design and implementation of large-scale, diversity training program, outcome-focused, evaluation studies.

Identifiers

PMID37292168
PMCPMC10249684
OpenAlexW4299524090

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