You Are Asked to Evaluate the Effectiveness of a Program

question 20

Essay

You are asked to evaluate the effectiveness of a program designed to reduce drug use among juvenile drug offenders. You decide to conduct a randomized experiment with both control and treatment groups. Explain the procedure you would follow in selecting participants for these two groups.

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Definitions:

Eminent Domain Law

Legal provisions allowing the government to expropriate private property for public use, with compensation to the owner.

Expropriate

The act of a government taking private property for public use, usually with compensation to the owner.

Fee Simple Absolute

A type of freehold ownership where the owner has the maximum possible rights over the property, permitting them to use it, sell it, or bequeath it under the law.

Real Property

Land and anything permanently attached to the land, such as buildings, which can be contrasted with personal property.