The possibility of critical realist randomised controlled trials
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The possibility of critical realist randomised controlled trials
BACKGROUND Some realists have criticised randomised controlled trials for their inability to explain the causal relations that they identify; to take into account the influence of the social context of the interventions they evaluate; and to account for individual difference. However, among realists, there is controversy over whether it is possible to improve trials by making them realist, or w...
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عنوان ژورنال: Trials
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1745-6215
DOI: 10.1186/s13063-017-1855-1