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The Set of Assumptions Randomized Control Trials Make and Their Implications for the Role of Such Experiments in Evidence-Based Child and Adolescent Development Research
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Wadhwa, Mansi; Cook, Thomas D. – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2019
This chapter highlights the key assumptions underlying Randomized Control Trials (RCTs) and illustrates them with regard to the practice of RCTs in the realm of child and adolescent development. Given the prominence of RCTs in policy research, we analyze the possible ways in which these assumptions might not be met by single randomized…
Descriptors: Randomized Controlled Trials, Evidence Based Practice, Child Development, Adolescent Development