Designing Randomised Trials in Health, Education and the Social Sciences: An IntroductionThe book focuses on the design of rigorous trials rather than their statistical underpinnings, with chapters on: pragmatic designs; placebo designs; preference approaches; unequal allocation; economics; analytical approaches; randomization methods. It also includes a detailed description of randomization procedures and different trial designs. |
Contents
1 Background to Controlled Trials | 1 |
2 The Limitations of Before and After Designs | 9 |
3 History of Controlled Trials | 17 |
4 What is Special About Randomisation? | 22 |
5 Sources of Bias Within Randomised Trials | 44 |
6 Placebo and Sham Trials | 71 |
7 Pragmatic and Explanatory Trials | 76 |
8 Designs to Deal with Participant Preference | 87 |
12 Pilot Randomised Controlled Trials | 119 |
13 Sample Size and Analytical Issues | 127 |
14 Measuring Outcomes | 147 |
15 Recruitment into Randomised Trials | 152 |
16 Systematic Reviews of Randomised Controlled Trials | 160 |
17 Economic Evaluation Alongside Randomised Trials | 175 |
18 Conclusions | 185 |
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