New RAND Drafts 2012-05-24T13:05:24Z Copyright (c) 2012, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/pubs/drafts.html City of Santa Monica Community Profile http://www.rand.org/pubs/drafts/DRU2211.html 2003-12-31T21:00:00Z 2003-12-31T21:00:00Z City of Santa Monica Community Profile The Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Survey: Household Questionnaires (Spanish) http://www.rand.org/pubs/drafts/DRU2400z4.html 2003-12-31T21:00:00Z 2003-12-31T21:00:00Z This document presents the Spanish language questionnaires for the first wave of L.A.FANS. The Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Survey: Field Interviewer Manual http://www.rand.org/pubs/drafts/DRU2400z5-1.html 2003-12-31T21:00:00Z 2003-12-31T21:00:00Z Field interviewer manual for the Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Survey, a longitudinal (multi-year) study of a broad cross-section of families and neighborhoods in Los Angeles County. The Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Survey: Codebook http://www.rand.org/pubs/drafts/DRU2400z2-1.html 2003-12-31T21:00:00Z 2003-12-31T21:00:00Z This documentation covers the first wave of L.A.FANS. Fieldwork for Wave 1 was begun in April 2000 and was completed in January 2002. The Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Survey: Household Questionnaires http://www.rand.org/pubs/drafts/DRU2400z3-2.html 2003-12-31T21:00:00Z 2003-12-31T21:00:00Z This document presents the English language questionnaires for the first wave of L.A.FANS. The Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Survey: Neighborhood Observation Forms and Interviewer Manual http://www.rand.org/pubs/drafts/DRU2400z6-1.html 2003-12-31T21:00:00Z 2003-12-31T21:00:00Z This document presents the forms and interviewer instruction manual for neighborhood observations that were conducted as part of L.A.FANS. Analysis of Case-Mix Strategies and Recommendations for 2000 Medicare Fee-for-Service CAHPS http://www.rand.org/pubs/drafts/DRU2937.html 2002-12-31T21:00:00Z 2002-12-31T21:00:00Z In support of Medicare's Fee-for-Service Consumer Assessment of Health Plans (CAHPS) project, the authors examine the impact of different case-mix strategies on attempts to strip ratings and reports of response bias. Final Task 9 Report: 2001 Analysis of Case-Mix Strategies and Recommendations for Medicare-Fee-for-Service CAHPS http://www.rand.org/pubs/drafts/DRU2938.html 2002-12-31T21:00:00Z 2002-12-31T21:00:00Z In support of Medicare's Fee-for-Service Consumer Assessment of Health Plans (CAHPS) project, the authors examine the impact of different case-mix strategies on attempts to strip ratings and reports of response bias. Linking Drug Users With Treatment: Admissions Counselors Describe the Barriers http://www.rand.org/pubs/drafts/DRU2948.html 2002-12-31T21:00:00Z 2002-12-31T21:00:00Z Linking Drug Users With Treatment: Admissions Counselors Describe the Barriers Barriers to Treatment Entry: Case Studies of Applicants Approved for Admission http://www.rand.org/pubs/drafts/DRU2949.html 2002-12-31T21:00:00Z 2002-12-31T21:00:00Z Barriers to Treatment Entry: Case Studies of Applicants Approved for Admission Case Mix Certification Rule for Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities http://www.rand.org/pubs/drafts/DRU2981.html 2002-12-31T21:00:00Z 2002-12-31T21:00:00Z In this report we examined one of the criteria used to define Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities (IRFs). City of Santa Monica Community Profile 2003 http://www.rand.org/pubs/drafts/DRU2989.html 2002-12-31T21:00:00Z 2002-12-31T21:00:00Z City of Santa Monica Community Profile 2003 Neighborhoods, Poverty and Children’s Well-being: A Review http://www.rand.org/pubs/drafts/DRU3001.html 2002-12-31T21:00:00Z 2002-12-31T21:00:00Z In this paper, the authors examine recent research in the area of neighborhood effects on children's development. Why Did the Welfare Rolls Fall During the 1990s? : The Importance of Entry http://www.rand.org/pubs/drafts/DRU3004.html 2002-12-31T21:00:00Z 2002-12-31T21:00:00Z Using data from nationwide and California-specific surveys, the authors provide evidence on the importance of the number of "entries" into the welfare system to explain the decline in welfare caseload during the late 1990s. Dynamic Properties of the Welfare Caseload http://www.rand.org/pubs/drafts/DRU3005.html 2002-12-31T21:00:00Z 2002-12-31T21:00:00Z Using formal results for Markov models, this report examines the dynamic properties of the welfare caseload. The authors find that the welfare caseload has considerable momentum and that adjustments are far from instantaneous. How Well Do Desired Fertility Measures for Wives and Husbands Predict Subsequent Fertility?: Evidence From Malaysia http://www.rand.org/pubs/drafts/DRU3013.html 2002-12-31T21:00:00Z 2002-12-31T21:00:00Z Using data from the First and Second Malaysian Family Life Surveys, this report examines how well a woman's responses to two fertility-preference questions predict that woman's subsequent fertility. Does Schooling Improve Adult Health? http://www.rand.org/pubs/drafts/DRU3051.html 2002-12-31T21:00:00Z 2002-12-31T21:00:00Z This analysis uses intra-state differences in unemployment rates during a person's teenage years as an instrumental variable to address potential selection bias problems in estimating the effects of schooling on adult health outcomes. Organizational Improvement and Accountability: Lessons for Education from Other Sectors http://www.rand.org/pubs/drafts/DRU3053.html 2002-12-31T21:00:00Z 2002-12-31T21:00:00Z This document has been superseded. Working Smarter to Leave No Child Behind http://www.rand.org/pubs/drafts/DRU3054.html 2002-12-31T21:00:00Z 2002-12-31T21:00:00Z This document has been superseded. Sampling with Field Burden Constraints: An Application to Sheltered Homeless and Low-Income Housed Women http://www.rand.org/pubs/drafts/DRU3057.html 2002-12-31T21:00:00Z 2002-12-31T21:00:00Z In this paper we present a statistically efficient means of collecting a probability sample in the presence of field burden constraints.