On Dec 29, 2008, at 9:36 AM, [email protected] wrote:

> Wouldn't some type of ethical problem exist with such a randomization?

The best approximation is what was done with vouchers in Cleveland  
and Milwaukee:
When there's a limited amount of space available, assign it by  
lottery and then compare those who received admission to the  
abstinence program with those who didn't.
I admit that this situation seems unlikely.

> Interesting report of an evaluation of the abstinence pledge  
> programme in
> _ The Washington Post_ today:
>
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-
> dyn/content/article/2008/12/28/AR2008122801588.html\\
>
> or http://tinyurl.com/9cchth
>
> The headline:
>
> "Premarital Abstinence Pledges Ineffective
So what's new?

Paul Brandon
Emeritus Professor of Psychology
Minnesota State University, Mankato
[email protected]


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