One term comes up repeatedly in discussions of nonprofit measurement: randomized, controlled trials, or RCTs. In a randomized, controlled trial, the researcher randomly assigns some people to ...

Randomized controlled trials are the most reliable method available for testing new treatments. They have become the standard that pharmaceutical companies must meet for calculating and proving ...

A randomised controlled trial is an experiment that is designed to isolate the influence that a certain intervention or variable has on an outcome or event.

A randomised controlled trial is the best way to compare a new treatment with the standard treatment. And randomising trial participants is a core feature of the experiment.

Often there is one group who have the standard treatment they would have if they weren’t in the trial. They are the control group. People in the other group (or groups) have a new treatment or ...

Despite the large number of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) assessing weight loss interventions, no study has assessed the quality of reporting in these trials. To assess the quality of ...

A new report from the RSA aims to use behavioural insights as the basis for recommendations to stimulate recruitment and growth for the UK’s self-employed. Everyday Employers is a wide-ranging ...

Multiple randomized controlled trials have shown that mask-wearing effectively blunts the spread of other coronaviruses and influenza-like diseases. Sign up for PolitiFact texts ...

If randomized control trials (RCTs) have been favored over other methods, yet may be wanting in their usefulness for evidence-based policy, new findings raise the question of what the appropriate ...

MANCHESTER, England — Two new randomized controlled trials (RCTs) assessing the role of rituximab in the treatment of various stages of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have the green light to ...