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     <title>RAND: Bonnie Ghosh-Dastidar</title>
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     <updated>2012-05-10T18:07:50Z</updated>
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   <title type="html">Gender Differences in Major Federal External Grant Programs</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR307.html</id>
   <published>2005-09-07T12:05:00Z</published>
   <updated>2005-09-07T12:05:00Z</updated>
   <summary type="html">Determines whether gender differences exist in federal research grant awards and funding.</summary>
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   <title type="html">Career Paths of School Administrators in North Carolina: Insights from an Analysis of State Data</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR129.html</id>
   <published>2004-12-13T08:41:00Z</published>
   <updated>2004-12-13T08:41:00Z</updated>
   <summary type="html">A further exploration of school administrators and the issue of their shortage and their importance to student learning outcomes, this report adds to the current understanding of school administrators&apos; careers.</summary>
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   <title type="html">Career Paths of School Administrators in Illinois: Insights from an Analysis of State Data</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR123.html</id>
   <published>2004-12-13T08:41:00Z</published>
   <updated>2004-12-13T08:41:00Z</updated>
   <summary type="html">A further exploration of school administrators and the issue of their shortage and their importance to student learning outcomes, this report adds to the current understanding of school administrators&apos; careers.</summary>
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   <title type="html">Prepared to Learn: The Nature and Quality of Early Care and Education for Preschool-Age Children in California</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR539.html</id>
   <published>2008-06-07T16:42:00Z</published>
   <updated>2008-06-07T16:42:00Z</updated>
   <summary type="html">This report examines the use and quality of early care and education programs for preschool-age children in California and differences across socioeconomic and demographic groups. There is room for improvement in both quality and participation.</summary>
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   <link rel="related" type="text/xhtml" hreflang="en" title="Read More" href="http://www.rand.org/news/press/2008/06/18/index1.html" />
   <link rel="related" type="text/xhtml" hreflang="en" title="Read More" href="http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9358.html" />
   <link rel="related" type="text/xhtml" hreflang="en" title="Read More" href="http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR537.html" />
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   <link rel="related" type="text/xhtml" hreflang="en" title="Read More" href="http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG889.html" />
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   <title type="html">Room for Improvement in the Use of High-Quality Preschool Programs for California&apos;s Children</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9358.html</id>
   <published>2008-06-08T21:32:00Z</published>
   <updated>2008-06-08T21:32:00Z</updated>
   <summary type="html">This research brief summarizes findings of a study of the use and quality of early care and education programs serving preschool-age children in California and the extent to which some groups of children are particularly underserved.</summary>
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   <link rel="related" type="text/xhtml" hreflang="en" title="Read More" href="http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR539.html" />
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   <title type="html">Assessing Health and Health Care in the District of Columbia</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR534.html</id>
   <published>2008-01-14T12:36:00Z</published>
   <updated>2008-01-14T12:36:00Z</updated>
   <summary type="html">Study of health and the health care delivery system, including an assessment of emergency medical services, in the District of Columbia.</summary>
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   <title type="html">New Inroads in Preventing Adolescent Drug Use: Results From a Large-Scale Trial of Project ALERT in Middle Schools</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/pubs/reprints/RP1125.html</id>
   <published>2003-01-01T00:00:00Z</published>
   <updated>2003-01-01T00:00:00Z</updated>
   <summary type="html">This document has been superseded.</summary>
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   <title type="html">The Design of a Multilevel Survey of Children, Families, and Communities: The Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Survey</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/pubs/reprints/RP1241.html</id>
   <published>2006-01-01T00:00:00Z</published>
   <updated>2006-01-01T00:00:00Z</updated>
   <summary type="html">This paper describes the development and implementation of the multilevel sample design for the Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Survey (LAFANS).</summary>
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   <title type="html">Modifying Pro-Drug Risk Factors in Adolescents: Results from Project ALERT</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/pubs/reprints/RP1213.html</id>
   <published>2004-01-01T00:00:00Z</published>
   <updated>2004-01-01T00:00:00Z</updated>
   <summary type="html">Evaluates the impact of a state-of-the art drug prevention program, Project ALERT, on risk factors for drug use in mostly rural Midwestern schools and communities.</summary>
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   <title type="html">District Awards for Teacher Excellence (D.A.T.E.) Program</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201000114.html</id>
   <published>2010-01-01T00:00:00Z</published>
   <updated>2010-01-01T00:00:00Z</updated>
   <summary type="html">This report presents findings from the first year of District Awards for Teacher Excellence (D.A.T.E.) (2008-09 school year), with emphasis on program participation decisions made by districts, the local design preferences for performance pay plans, and the early implementation experiences of D.A.T.E. participants.</summary>
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   <title type="html">Composite Estimates from Incomplete and Complete Frames for Minimum-Mse Estimation in a Rare Population</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20091215.html</id>
   <published>2009-01-01T00:00:00Z</published>
   <updated>2009-01-01T00:00:00Z</updated>
   <summary type="html">Describes an application that estimates incomplete frame bias relative to a random digit dialing estimate for each parameter of interest, and conditions on that estimate.</summary>
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   <title type="html">Multilevel Spatio-Temporal Dual Changepoint Models for Relating Alcohol Outlet Destruction and Changes in Neighbourhood Rates of Assaultive Violence</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20080019.html</id>
   <published>2008-01-01T00:00:00Z</published>
   <updated>2008-01-01T00:00:00Z</updated>
   <summary type="html">This paper evaluates the impact of the 1992 Civil Unrest in Los Angeles (which followed the Rodney King incident), in which many alcohol outlets were damaged leading to a decrease in alcohol outlet density, on crime.</summary>
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   <title type="html">Outlier Detection and Editing Procedures for Continuous Multivariate Data</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20060035.html</id>
   <published>2006-01-01T00:00:00Z</published>
   <updated>2006-01-01T00:00:00Z</updated>
   <summary type="html">We present a semi-automatic method of outlier detection for continuous, multivariate survey data that is designed to identify outlying cases and suggest potential errors on a case-by-case basis, in the presence of missing data.</summary>
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   <title type="html">Factors Associated with Accurate Self-Reported Adherence to HIV Antiretrovirals</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20030413.html</id>
   <published>2003-01-01T00:00:00Z</published>
   <updated>2003-01-01T00:00:00Z</updated>
   <summary type="html">The purpose of this study was to determine the conditions in which self-reports provide an accurate assessment of adherence to HIV antiretrovirals.</summary>
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   <title type="html">New Inroads in Preventing Adolescent Drug Use: Results From a Large-Scale Trial of Project ALERT in Middle Schools</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/pubs/reprints/RP1088.html</id>
   <published>2003-01-01T00:00:00Z</published>
   <updated>2003-01-01T00:00:00Z</updated>
   <summary type="html">New Inroads in Preventing Adolescent Drug Use: Results From a Large-Scale Trial of Project ALERT in Middle Schools</summary>
   <link rel="alternate" type="text/xhtml" hreflang="en" title="Read More" href="http://www.rand.org/pubs/reprints/RP1088.html" />
   
   <link rel="related" type="text/xhtml" hreflang="en" title="Read More" href="http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB4560.html" />
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   <title type="html">Project ALERT Plus May Leverage the Effect of the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9167.html</id>
   <published>2006-01-19T11:16:00Z</published>
   <updated>2006-01-19T11:16:00Z</updated>
   <summary type="html">This fact sheet reports lowered use of marijuana among ninth graders exposed to anti-drug messages from the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign along with Project ALERT Plus, a drug prevention curriculum for middle school students.</summary>
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   <title type="html">The Interview Mode Effect on the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression (CES-D) Scale</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20040308.html</id>
   <published>2004-01-01T00:00:00Z</published>
   <updated>2004-01-01T00:00:00Z</updated>
   <summary type="html">Cognitive factors appear more important to the mode effect in the CES-D.</summary>
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   <title type="html">Developmental Considerations for Substance Use Interventions from Middle School Through College</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20050311.html</id>
   <published>2005-01-01T00:00:00Z</published>
   <updated>2005-01-01T00:00:00Z</updated>
   <summary type="html">This article summarizes a symposium organized by Dr. Elizabeth D&apos;Amico and presented at the 2004 Annual Meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism in Vancouver, Canada.</summary>
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   <title type="html">Electronic Monitoring</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20020109.html</id>
   <published>2002-01-01T00:00:00Z</published>
   <updated>2002-01-01T00:00:00Z</updated>
   <summary type="html">Electronic-monitored adherence is often used as the primary outcome measure for evaluating adherence interventions.</summary>
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   <title type="html">Multiple Edit/multiple Imputation for Multivariate Continuous Data</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20031225.html</id>
   <published>2003-01-01T00:00:00Z</published>
   <updated>2003-01-01T00:00:00Z</updated>
   <summary type="html">Multiple imputation replaces an incomplete dataset with m &gt; 1 simulated complete versions that are analyzed separately by standard methods.</summary>
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