Designing Randomised Trials in Health, Education and the Social Sciences
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Designing Randomised Trials in Health, Education and the Social Sciences

An Introduction

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Designing Randomised Trials in Health, Education and the Social Sciences

An Introduction

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The 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.

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Year
2008
ISBN
9780230583993

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-Title
  3. Series
  4. Title
  5. Copyright
  6. Contents
  7. List of Figures, Boxes and Tables
  8. Preface
  9. Acknowledgements
  10. Glossary of Terms
  11. 1 Background to Controlled Trials
  12. 2 The Limitations of Before and After Designs
  13. 3 History of Controlled Trials
  14. 4 What is Special About Randomisation?
  15. 5 Sources of Bias Within Randomised Trials
  16. 6 Placebo and Sham Trials
  17. 7 Pragmatic and Explanatory Trials
  18. 8 Designs to Deal with Participant Preference
  19. 9 Cluster Randomised Controlled Trials
  20. 10 Unequal Randomisation
  21. 11 Factorial Randomised Controlled Trials
  22. 12 Pilot Randomised Controlled Trials
  23. 13 Sample Size and Analytical Issues
  24. 14 Measuring Outcomes
  25. 15 Recruitment into Randomised Trials
  26. 16 Systematic Reviews of Randomised Controlled Trials
  27. 17 Economic Evaluation Alongside Randomised Trials
  28. 18 Conclusions
  29. References
  30. Index