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Populating an International Web-Based Randomized Trials Register in the Social, Behavioral, Criminological, and Education Sciences

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  • Herbert Turner
  • Robert Boruch
  • Anthony Petrosino
  • Julia Lavenberg
  • Dorothy de Moya
  • Hannah Rothstein

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Underlying the work of the Campbell Collaboration (C2) is the Sociological, Psychological, Educational, and Criminological Trials Register (C2-SPECTR). A Web-accessible database, C2-SPECTR is unique in the world. With more than 11,600 citations, it is an international register on randomized controlled trials (RCTs) or possible trials. This article describes the framework for populating C2-SPECTR, other registers that are prospective, and the practical issues of implementation. The authors discuss the growing importance of RCTs and the recent histories of organizations that have influenced this growth—the Cochrane Collaboration, the C2, and the What Works Clearinghouse. Next, the authors describe the origins of C2-SPECTR and plans to populate it and a prospective register. The authors conclude with plans for implementing the surveillance systems and the anticipated challenges in actualizing these plans.

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  • Herbert Turner & Robert Boruch & Anthony Petrosino & Julia Lavenberg & Dorothy de Moya & Hannah Rothstein, 2003. "Populating an International Web-Based Randomized Trials Register in the Social, Behavioral, Criminological, and Education Sciences," The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, , vol. 589(1), pages 203-223, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:anname:v:589:y:2003:i:1:p:203-223
    DOI: 10.1177/0002716203256840
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    1. Lawrence W. Sherman, 2003. "Misleading Evidence and Evidence-Led Policy: Making Social Science more Experimental," The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, , vol. 589(1), pages 6-19, September.
    2. Robert Boruch, 2005. "Preface: Better Evaluation for Evidence-Based Policy: Place Randomized Trials in Education, Criminology, Welfare, and Health," The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, , vol. 599(1), pages 6-18, May.

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