Sentence examples for matched comparison sites from inspiring English sources

To assess whether TFD affected parent involvement, we surveyed a sample of parents of kindergarten-aged children in TFD sites and demographically matched comparison sites (Patel & Corter, 2006).

They would track both the capital and maintenance costs involved in the system, note implementation hurdles encountered and how they were overcome, and focus on the details of the expected short and long-term changes in levels of assault in experimental as against matched comparison sites.

Limitations included use of matched comparison sites rather than within-site randomization and lack of consideration for variation within the PDC group in amounts and types of assistance provided.

First, use of matched comparison sites, rather than within-site randomization, made it less certain that the intervention and comparison groups were equivalent at baseline, although observed baseline differences were statistically controlled.

Also, we did not match comparison sites with intervention sites on performance or perceived need for improvement.

In sub-analyses limited to cancer patients and their matched comparison group diagnosed while DCR records were available (<2004), we ascertained information on cancer site from the DCR.

Design Prospective matched comparison study.

We used the CRS to assemble a matched comparison cohort.

The intervention sites were matched with comparison sites receiving no intervention.

Criteria for matching comparison to intervention sites included demographic and socioeconomic factors, as well as housing type (see table 1), at output area level.

McNemar's test was used for the matched comparisons.