Randomised Controlled Trials (RCTs) for quantitative social researchers - onlineInfo Location Additional Items Contact More Info Course InformationRandomised controlled trials (RCTs) are heralded as the gold standard of research design in the social sciences. RCT principles are used in research at all levels of complexity from evaluating national social policies to experimenting with the impact of website designs (there often known as A/B testing). This course is for social researchers who have a firm grasp of the foundations of quantitative research methods (e.g., linear regression and confidence intervals) and would like to learn how to design and analyse randomised controlled trials. The course incorporates a blend of presentations and participatory sessions, using examples from the social sciences. Dr Andi Fugard (they/them) is a Research Director in NatCen Evaluation. They have experience designing, project managing, and analysing data from randomised controlled trials in mental health and education. Before joining NatCen, Andi was a Senior Lecturer in Social Science Research Methods at Birkbeck, University of London, where they directed postgraduate programmes in Social Research, and Lecturer in Educational Psychology Research Methods at University College London. Course CodeNCRMNATCENRCT Course LeaderDr Andi Fugard
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Additional InformationIf necessary, revise key concepts in multiple regression, effect size, and confidence intervals in a text of your choosing. You might find it interesting to have a look at these, though this is not necessary: · Cunningham, S. (2021). Causal inference: The mixtape. Yale University Press. (Available for free online.) The chapter on the Potential Outcomes Causal Model is relevant to the course. · Imai, K., King, G., & Stuart, E. A. (2008). Misunderstandings between experimentalists and observationalists about causal inference. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series A (Statistics in Society), 171(2), 481–502. A preprint is available here if you do not have access to the journal. We will introduce key concepts from these papers on the first day in an accessible way. |