When was randomisation first used in educational research? A brief historical methodological perspective - The James Lind Library Introduction This brief note aims to add to the debate in the literature around the first use of randomisation in educational research, specifically in relation to previously published articles by ...

If you'd like to learn about the development of randomised trials in education through history, read my new article from Carole Torgerson about the first use of randomisation in educational research www.jameslindlibrary.org/articles/whe...
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1/3 On Friday 13th, here's some things you might like to read about the effects of chance in research....
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#CochraneDaily Just published! INSPECT-SR stage 2 shows feasibility and impact of clinical trial trustworthiness checks, based on 95 trials from 50 #CochraneLibrary Reviews #FairTests #RCT #TrustInResearch #EBM #EBHC #RiskOfBias @jclinepi.bsky.social www.jclinepi.com/article/S089...

The use of placebos in controlled trials of surgical interventions: a brief history. - The James Lind Library Introduction Inferences about the effects of treatments, including surgical treatments, rely on making comparisons. These comparisons may be with patient’s symptoms before a treatment has been applied...

We can think of this as an example of using a placebo to provide a fair test of surgery. If you’d like to learn about other examples of this over the last 60 years, I’ve got just the article for you: (www.jameslindlibrary.org/articles/use...) 8/8 #FairTests #RCT #DoubleBlind #RiskofBias

Concord Day - Wikipedia

#CochraneDaily On Concord Day (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concord...), you can find at least 20 reports of trials testing the health effects of #concord grape juice in #CochraneLibrary CENTRAL #ConcordDay #Niger #RCT #FairTests

Ahoy! Want to learn more about blinded outcome assessment through history? Read my essay at www.jameslindlibrary.org/essays-essay... #DoubleBlind #EBHC #EBM #RCT #FairTests