Converting Perspective to Practice

Abstract

As a critic, not of RCTs but only of RCT imperialism, I am delighted to be able to agree with most of what Tom Cook says in his extremely valuable paper. But I also note here a few minor caveats and a few major disagreements, which I hope will lead to a constructive dialog and a better balance of research funding.

Keywords

• RCT
• causal inference
• non-experimental studies