Assessing the overall validity of randomised controlled trials
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Keywords
philosophy of science; philosophy of medicine; randomised controlled trials; RCTs; bias; validity; internal validity;All these keywords.
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- C1 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-ECM-2022-01-24 (Econometrics)
- NEP-EXP-2022-01-24 (Experimental Economics)
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