{"id":2356,"date":"2021-11-02T16:34:55","date_gmt":"2021-11-02T16:34:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/psyctc\/?post_type=docs&#038;p=2356"},"modified":"2021-11-02T16:34:55","modified_gmt":"2021-11-02T16:34:55","password":"","slug":"randomised-controlled-trial-rct","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/psyctc\/glossary2\/randomised-controlled-trial-rct\/","title":{"rendered":"Randomised controlled trial (RCT)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>An experimental design comparing two or more groups which attempts to reduce the impact of intervening factors which may bias results. Two similar groups are randomised to participate in one of two protocols. The design may attempt to control for certain factors; for example ensuring a fair distribution of ages, severity of illness, gender, etc.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Try also<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Randomisation<br>Blindness<br>Causality &amp; causal attributions<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Chapters<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Mostly chapter 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dates<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Created 2\/11\/21<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An experimental design comparing two or more groups which attempts to reduce the impact of intervening factors which may bias results. Two similar groups are randomised to participate in one of two protocols. The design may attempt to control for certain factors; for example ensuring a fair distribution of ages, severity of illness, gender, etc. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/psyctc\/glossary2\/randomised-controlled-trial-rct\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Randomised controlled trial (RCT)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"doc_category":[18],"glossaries":[],"doc_tag":[],"knowledge_base":[],"class_list":["post-2356","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry","doc_category-om-book"],"year_month":"2026-04","word_count":66,"total_views":"1136","reactions":{"happy":"0","normal":"0","sad":"0"},"author_info":{"name":"chris","author_nicename":"chris","author_url":"https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/psyctc\/author\/chris\/"},"doc_category_info":[{"term_name":"All OM book glossary entries","term_url":"https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/psyctc\/glossary\/non-knowledgebase\/om-book\/"}],"doc_tag_info":[],"knowledge_base_info":[],"knowledge_base_slug":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/psyctc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/2356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/psyctc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/psyctc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/psyctc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/psyctc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2356"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/psyctc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/2356\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2357,"href":"https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/psyctc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/2356\/revisions\/2357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/psyctc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/psyctc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_category?post=2356"},{"taxonomy":"glossaries","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/psyctc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossaries?post=2356"},{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/psyctc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=2356"},{"taxonomy":"knowledge_base","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/psyctc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledge_base?post=2356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}