The video below shows how a randomised trial works. It is about 2 minutes long. Randomised trials have at least 2 different treatment groups. The people taking part are put into one of the groups at ...

The end of randomised control trials is on the cards, a healthcare data expert predicts. The end of randomised control trials is on the cards, a healthcare data expert predicts. Speaking at the Wired ...

In October 2019, Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, and Michael Kremer jointly won the 51st Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel “for their experimental approach to ...

This campus-based module is led by Steven Julious. It runs in the Spring semester and is worth 15 credits. Randomised Controlled Trials (RCTs) are used to test the effectiveness of interventions. This ...

Appendices B–G include checklists for those study designs that are expected to be used in the evidence reviews for NICE social care guidance. Other checklists can found in the NICE clinical guidelines ...

BBC Media Action conducted its first ever randomised control trial (RCT) on the impact of our health programming on audiences. In this blog, we explore some of the methodological challenges of ...

The RCT debate is often heated: it seems you can only either love or hate them. This seminar aims to spark a cooler discussion about the pros and cons of RCTs, using the practical examples of two ...

This report explores if there is a case for the wider use of experimental methods, and randomised controlled trials (RCTs) in particular, as a source of evidence to inform green innovation policy ...

Can the mass media cause changes in an audience’s knowledge, attitudes and intention to practise behaviours? At BBC Media Action, we have just successfully conducted a randomised control trial (RCT) ...

Background Complex breast surgery, including immediate breast reconstruction and oncoplastic procedures, is increasingly performed to optimise oncologic and aesthetic outcomes. Postoperative wound ...