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Designing Randomised Trials in Health, Education and the Social Sciences: An Introduction - Softcover

Torgerson, D.

 
9780230537361: Designing Randomised Trials in Health, Education and the Social Sciences: An Introduction
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0230537367 ISBN 13: 9780230537361
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008

Synopsis

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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About the Author

DAVID J. TORGERSON is Director of the York Trials Unit, University of York, UK. He has published extensively on randomized trial design and has worked on trials in health and educational research.

CAROLE J. TORGERSON is a Senior Research Fellow in the Institute for Effective Education at the University of York, UK. She has published extensively in the field of systematic reviews of randomized trials. She is Co-Chair of the Campbell Collaboration Education Co-ordinating Group. She has also worked on a number of randomized trials in the field of education.

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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date
2008
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0230537367
ISBN 13 
9780230537361
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
225