Child Social Competence Scores from an Equine Facilitated Learning Trial

64 children's social competence ratings collected during a randomized controlled trial of an 11-week equine facilitated learning program. Parents provided ratings at pretest and posttest for both an experimental group and a waitlisted control group. The dataset was created by researcher Patricia Pendry to study causal effects of equine interventions.

Use Cases

• Analyze the effect of program participation on social competence scores based on pretest-posttest comparisons
• Model the relationship between social competence and covariates like age, gender, and referral status
• Validate the robustness of intervention effects using a lagged dependent variable approach
• Compare experimental and control group outcomes to assess causal impact

Strengths

• Data originates from a randomized controlled trial, a rigorous experimental design
• Includes ratings for 64 children across two time points
• Results indicated a moderate positive effect (d = .61) with statistical significance (p = .020)

Limitations

• Row count and column-level documentation are unknown; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Data is closed license, restricting reuse and distribution
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified

Provenance

Source

Patricia Pendry

Collection Method

Data collected via parent ratings during a randomized controlled trial.

Time Range

The trial spanned an 11-week program period.