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Message ID: 8998

Date: 2011-11-08

Author:Peggy Polinsky

Subject:RE: NDACAN Measures Index on-line

I don’t see any notation about whether or not the measure is validated. Am I overlooking something? Margaret (Peggy) L. Polinsky, MSW, PhD Director of Research & Evaluation Parents Anonymous® Inc. 981 Corporate Center Drive, Suite 100 Pomona, CA 91768 Temporary Tel. 909-784-0233 E-mail: ppolinsky@parentsanonymous.org From: bounce-38240244-6833381@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-38240244-6833381@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Andres Arroyo Sent: Monday, November 07, 2011 10:06 AM To: CHILD-MALTREATMENT-RESEARCH-L Subject: NDACAN Measures Index on-line The National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect (NDACAN) at Cornell University is pleased to announce a new resource for NDACAN data users and child maltreatment scholars: an on-line Measures Index for child welfare data collection instruments which appear in datasets archived at NDACAN. The NDACAN Measures Index was compiled by Archive staff and currently lists 366 measures. Each measure has bibliographic citation(s) and, where available and allowed by copyright, its description. The NDACAN Measures Index also lists the NDACAN archived datasets in which a measure was used. Here are a few ways that the NDACAN Measures Index can be helpful to a researcher…. 1. Assist researchers in tracking down the source of the measures used in our datasets 2. Assist secondary analysts with properly citing measures used in our archived datasets. 3. Can assist a prospective Data Archive users with identifying datasets of interest by performing key word searches of the measures Link: NDACAN Measures Index Questions about this resource may be directed to NDACANSupport@cornell.edu ----- Andres Arroyo, Archiving Assistant National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect (NDACAN) 110 Plantations Rd., Beebe Hall -BCTR, Cornell University, Ithaca NY 14853 tel. 607-255-7799 | fax 607-255-8562 | www.ndacan.cornell.edu

I don’t see any notation about whether or not the measure is validated. Am I overlooking something? Margaret (Peggy) L. Polinsky, MSW, PhD Director of Research & Evaluation Parents Anonymous® Inc. 981 Corporate Center Drive, Suite 100 Pomona, CA 91768 Temporary Tel. 909-784-0233 E-mail: ppolinskyparentsanonymous.org From: bounce-38240244-6833381list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-38240244-6833381list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Andres Arroyo Sent: Monday, November 07, 2011 10:06 AM To: CHILD-MALTREATMENT-RESEARCH-L Subject: NDACAN Measures Index on-line The National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect (NDACAN) at Cornell University is pleased to announce a new resource for NDACAN data users and child maltreatment scholars: an on-line Measures Index for child welfare data collection instruments which appear in datasets archived at NDACAN. The NDACAN Measures Index was compiled by Archive staff and currently lists 366 measures. Each measure has bibliographic citation(s) and, where available and allowed by copyright, its description. The NDACAN Measures Index also lists the NDACAN archived datasets in which a measure was used. Here are a few ways that the NDACAN Measures Index can be helpful to a researcher…. 1. Assist researchers in tracking down the source of the measures used in our datasets 2. Assist secondary analysts with properly citing measures used in our archived datasets. 3. Can assist a prospective Data Archive users with identifying datasets of interest by performing key word searches of the measures Link: NDACAN Measures Index Questions about this resource may be directed to NDACANSupportcornell.edu ----- Andres Arroyo, Archiving Assistant National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect (NDACAN) 110 Plantations Rd., Beebe Hall -BCTR, Cornell University, Ithaca NY 14853 tel. 607-255-7799 | fax 607-255-8562 | www.ndacan.cornell.edu