Time To Stop Calling RCT's The Gold Standard for All/Most of Reserach

Jacob Mack Phd @Jacob-Mack-Phd

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Background reading first:

Article Five good reasons to be disappointed with randomized trials

https://www.statnews.com/2017/08/02/randomized-controlled-trials-medical-research/

Article Intervention Description Is Not Enough: Evidence from an In-...

Jacob Mack Phd

Sasidhar Duggineni

thanks for your comment. To be clear I am not saying stop all RCT's or that they are not of value, but rather they often get lumped together and praised as the best when some research designs are poor or questions require something else.

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