Quantitative Methods
Abt specializes in cutting-edge quantitative methods research, including diverse methodologies for program evaluation, randomized control trials, quasi-experiments, and systematic evidence reviews. Our experts produce insightful analyses that support evidence-based decision making across sectors. From policy analysis to program assessment, our rigorous quantitative techniques uncover insights that help our partners build resilient, sustainable, and fair policies and programs.
Expertise
- Randomized Control Trials and Quasi-Experiments
- Econometric and Epidemiological Methods
- Evaluation Technical Assistance
- Systematic Evidence Reviews
- Meta-Analysis and Geospatial Analysis
- Complex Survey Design and Population Inference
Clients Include
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
U.S. Department of Agriculture / Food and Nutrition Service
Administration for Children and Families /Office of Planning Research and Evaluation
U.S. Department of Labor
U.S. Department of Education
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services / Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Our Work
Assessment of HUD’s aging-in-place program, IWISH, using administrative data matching, interviews, site visits, and focus groups
Studies for CDC on COVID-19's epidemiology to inform policy development, using data from 9,600 participants and 78,000 patient medical records
Studies that gather key physical, operational, and other data in U.S. nursing homes to better prepare them for future infectious disease outbreaks
Evaluation of the Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer program using focus groups, interviews, and analysis of grocery transactions
Our Experts
Social Science Research, Monitoring, and Evaluation Senior Associate, Social & Economic Policy
United States
Insights
Technical Assistance for Education Innovation and Research Evaluations
Education Innovation and Research (EIR) is a competitive grant program, and grantees must fund an independent evaluation of their projects’ effectiveness. Abt provides technical assistance on the conduct of these evaluations to maximize the strength of…
Improving Patient Choice: Meaningful Measures of Home Health and Hospice Care Quality
To help patients and their families find high quality home health and hospice care, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) requires support for developing and maintaining patient assessment tools and quality measures for its Home Health and…
Replication of Recovery and Reunification Interventions for Families-Impact Study (R3-Impact)
In the last 20 years, parental substance use disorder (SUD) has become an increasingly prevalent reason for children to enter foster care. Recovery coaching is a promising strategy to support parents’ recovery and help keep families safe and together…
Impacts of Workforce Training on School-Work Sequences in a Randomized Controlled Trial
Abt’s analysis of career trajectories showed that Year Up increased transitions from training to higher-wage jobs but had no effect on persistent disconnection.
Harm Reduction Programs: Effective Yet Misunderstood
Earlier this year, Abt’s Ellen Childs, Angela Bazzi, formerly of Boston University’s School of Public Health, and several other authors published a paper in the International Journal of Drug Policy:
Abt Conversations: Implementing Summer EBT—Tips from the Chickasaw Nation
Abt’s René Nutter talks with Tyra Shackleford, Chickasaw Nation’s Summer EBT Manager, about what it takes for a successful Summer EBT implementation.
The SNAP-Hybrid Model Can Increase Summer EBT Benefit Use
Co-loading Summer EBT benefits on the same card with Supplemental Nutrition Assistant Program benefits results in high Summer EBT redemption rates.
Spotlight On: CDC COVID-19 Research
CDC’s real-time surveillance of COVID-19 cases and analyses of surveillance data inform public health policies, communication about protective behaviors, and guidance to public health and healthcare providers, communities, businesses, and schools.
Abt Played a Key COVID-19 Role Providing CDC Needed Data
Abt researchers working for CDC informed national health policy and science with rigorous data gathering on COVID-19 transmission and vaccine effectiveness.
Abt, HUD To Study Strategies for Building Financial Stability
HUD has contracted Abt to study two different asset building strategies to help public housing and voucher households increase their financial and housing stability.