Designing Randomised Trials in Health, Education and the Social Sciences

1. Background to Controlled Trials
David J. Torgerson, Carole J. Torgerson

2. The Limitations of Before and After Designs
David J. Torgerson, Carole J. Torgerson

3. History of Controlled Trials
David J. Torgerson, Carole J. Torgerson

4. What is Special About Randomisation?
David J. Torgerson, Carole J. Torgerson

5. Sources of Bias Within Randomised Trials
David J. Torgerson, Carole J. Torgerson

6. Placebo and Sham Trials
David J. Torgerson, Carole J. Torgerson

7. Pragmatic and Explanatory Trials
David J. Torgerson, Carole J. Torgerson

8. Designs to Deal with Participant Preference
David J. Torgerson, Carole J. Torgerson

9. Cluster Randomised Controlled Trials
David J. Torgerson, Carole J. Torgerson

10. Unequal Randomisation
David J. Torgerson, Carole J. Torgerson

11. Factorial Randomised Controlled Trials
David J. Torgerson, Carole J. Torgerson

12. Pilot Randomised Controlled Trials
David J. Torgerson, Carole J. Torgerson

13. Sample Size and Analytical Issues
David J. Torgerson, Carole J. Torgerson

14. Measuring Outcomes
David J. Torgerson, Carole J. Torgerson

15. Recruitment into Randomised Trials
David J. Torgerson, Carole J. Torgerson

16. Systematic Reviews of Randomised Controlled Trials
David J. Torgerson, Carole J. Torgerson

17. Economic Evaluation Alongside Randomised Trials
David J. Torgerson, Carole J. Torgerson

18. Conclusions
David J. Torgerson, Carole J. Torgerson

Nyckelord: Social Sciences, Methodology of the Social Sciences, Social Care, Criminology and Criminal Justice, general, Education, general, Social Theory, Social Structure, Social Inequality