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Wang, Mei; Sun, Guangwen; Chang, Yaping; Jin, Yanling; Leenus, Alvin; Maaz, Muhammad; Li, Guowei; Bhatt, Meha; Abbade, Luciana P. F.; Nwosu, Ikunna; Zielinski, Laura; Sanger, Nitika; Bantoto, Bianca; Luo, Candice; Shams, Ieta; Shahid, Hamnah; Adachi, Jonathan; Mbuagbaw, Lawrence; Levine, Mitchell; Samaan, Zainab; Thabane, Lehana – Research on Social Work Practice, 2018
Behavioral and social sciences randomized controlled trials (BSSTs) have a significant role in life sciences. Choosing an appropriate control or comparator group for BSSTs is critical, to provide true intervention effects. The objective of this study was to determine the types of control groups used in BSSTs, and the rationale provided to justify…
Descriptors: Randomized Controlled Trials, Databases, Behavioral Science Research, Social Science Research
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Kourea, Lefki; Lo, Ya-yu – International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 2016
Improving academic, behavioural, and social outcomes of students through empirical research has been a firm commitment among researchers, policy-makers, and other professionals in education across Europe and the United States (U.S.). To assist in building scientific evidences, executive bodies such as the European Commission and the Institute for…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, Validity, Randomized Controlled Trials, Research Methodology