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Glossary

Geographic Setting

  • United States

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  • Rural

    All population, housing, and territory not included within an urban area

  • Urban

    Densely developed area that includes a densely settled core and adjacent territory

Study type

  • Study type

    A study’s objective; that is, whether the authors seek to estimate program effects, describe an aspect of a program, or examine what an intervention looks like in practice

  • Causal impact analysis

    A study design that uses statistical methods to determine the effect of an intervention on labor-related outcomes of interest

  • Descriptive analysis

    A study design that uses quantitative data to describe some aspect of a program, policy, or intervention; these include cost-benefit analyses or analyses of descriptive statistics

  • Implementation analysis

    A study design that examines in depth what an intervention looks like in practice through the experiences of the organization implementing the intervention

Evidence rating

  • Evidence rating

    The level of confidence in a study’s ability to estimate causal impacts

  • High causal evidence

    Strong evidence that the effects estimated in a study are solely caused by the intervention being examined

  • Moderate causal evidence

    Evidence that the effects estimated in a study are caused by, at least in part, to the intervention being examined, but other factors not accounted for in the study might also have contributed