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' ' 4 -6- • • ' case will collect data on client functioning (Berkeley Client Functioning Form) and stress ( tress Index and Quality of Life), In addition, the interviewer will go to the parent's home to collect the following data: •assessment of parent's knoLedge of child development (Stedman and Remmer Inventory of I Knowledge of Social and Emotional Development); parental behavior in the home (ParentfChilA Interaction Form); and parental report of child's behavior , . (Eyeberg Inv?ntory). Agency reports will be examined to determine•whether any of these patents were reported and confirmed for reports of repeated abuse or • 1 negledt. . The cos.-effectiveness analysis will be performed by calculating the costs and'effects of each method using Shepard and Thompson (1979) model of economic 1. analysis, that is, what is being accomplished for a set amount of money. The financial da a: needed for this analysis will be obtained from the agency records. i . . . Analysis of variance will be used to examine the efficacy of the specific parent education models for producing changes in the participants on the identified v riables. After examining the within and between groups deficiencies . to determine whether there are random or systematic differences between the means of sal cted measures, a set of analyses will, be conducted to determine the extent of dilferential change between the pre-test and post-test measures. ' 1 Evidence of pre-test equivalence, and differential change scores between groups 1 on the post-test measures, would indicate that these changes attributed to treatment. The last four months of the 16 month project period will be devoted . 1 to data analysis and the preparation of the final report and plans for dissemination of the results. . . 1 . i . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , • . . . - 1 ' . . , , . . . . . ' , I