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Designing randomised trials in health, education and the social sciences = an introduction /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Designing randomised trials in health, education and the social sciences/ David J. Torgerson and Carole J. Torgerson.
Reminder of title:	an introduction /
Author:	Torgerson, David J.
other author:	Torgerson, Carole.
Published:	Basingstoke [England] ;Palgrave Macmillan, : 2008.,
Description:	xv, 210 p. :ill. :
Subject:	Clinical trials. -
Online resource:	access to fulltext (Palgrave)
ISBN:	9780230583993

Designing randomised trials in health, education and the social sciences = an introduction /
Torgerson, David J.1960-

Designing randomised trials in health, education and the social sciencesan introduction /[electronic resource] :David J. Torgerson and Carole J. Torgerson. - Basingstoke [England] ;Palgrave Macmillan,2008. - xv, 210 p. :ill.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 192-208) and index.

Background to controlled trials -- The limitations of before and after designs -- History of controlled trials -- What is special about randomisation? -- Sources of bias in randomised trials - Placebo and sham trials -- Pragmatic and explanatory trials -- Designs to deal with participant preference -- Cluster randomised controlled trials -- Unequal randomisation -- Factorial randomised controlled trials - Pilot randomised controlled trials -- Sample size and analytical issues -- Measuringoutcomes -- Recruitment into randomised trials -- Systematic reviews ofrandomised controlled trials-- Economic evaluation alongside randomised trials -- Conclusions.

Evidence-based policy increasingly demands rigorous randomized trials. Designing and Running Randomised Trials in Health and Education focusses solely on randomized trials and exemplifies theiruse primarily inthe major fields of health, education and criminal justice research. Beginning withahistory of randomized trials and a justification for their use, the book then outlines, chapter by chapter, important design issues researchers need to consider in order to produce a robust experiment. Unusual designs (such as preference trials) are introduced and their applications to different social science situations are explained indetail. The book also includes introductory chapters aboutusing economics alongside trials and describes basic statistical approaches to theanalysis of trialdata.

Electronic reproduction.
Basingstoke, England :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2009.

Mode of access:World Wide Web.

ISBN: 9780230583993

Standard No.: 10.1057/9780230583993doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

96595
Clinical trials.
Index Terms--Genre/Form:

96803
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: R853.C55 / T67 2008eb

Dewey Class. No.: 610.72/4

National Library of Medicine Call No.: 2008 G-086

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