Approaches for synthesizing DSM program evaluations: The Wisconsin DSM program evaluation database and a review of meta-analysis. Volume 2, Detailed summaries of Wisconsin DSM program evaluations: Final report
- RCG/Hagler, Bailly, Inc., Boulder, CO (United States)
Increased utility reliance on demand-side management (DSM) has created a need to understand and evaluate actual DSM program performance. This report explores statistical techniques used to quantitatively synthesize, accumulate, and compare research findings. In addition, the report provides a database of Wisconsin DSM program evaluations and marketing studies. APPROACH: The project team reviewed approximately 100 evaluation studies, including both process and impact evaluations of DSM programs in Wisconsin. Using PARADOX database software, with annotations appended to database elements, they classified reports into 10 evaluation-type categories. These included program and evaluation descriptions, methods and data employed, and results and recommendations. The team also assessed the applicability of statistical techniques, specifically meta-analytic methods for pooling and leveraging results of DSM evaluations. RESULTS: Recorded database information includes a report abstract; basic program information; study design and method; sample and data collection; and a list of the issues addressed and report findings, with the location of findings by report page number. Analysis of statistical methods produced several promising approaches for combining and leveraging information across studies. The methods, generally termed meta-analytic methods, have the potential to address a number of important DSM research questions. The report includes an example application of these methods. Volume 1 presents the database design, summaries of reports reviewed for database inclusion, and discussion of the statistical techniques analyzed along with their applications to DSM. Volume 2 offers more-detailed summaries of the reports reviewed. Volume 3 provides a printout of the final database, as constructed.
- Research Organization:
- Electric Power Research Inst., Palo Alto, CA (United States); RCG/Hagler, Bailly, Inc., Boulder, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- Electric Power Research Inst., Palo Alto, CA (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 10173143
- Report Number(s):
- EPRI-TR-100697-Vol.2; ON: UN92019996
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: Jun 1992
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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