- By Dartington SRU
- Posted on Wednesday 11th September, 2013
Plurality and rigour
Imagine two interventions, each evaluated using contrasting methods. One measures impact by looking at children receiving an intervention and comparing their well-being before with the situation after. The other is based on a randomised controlled trial, meaning the progress of children receiving the intervention is contrasted with a control group who did not get it. Which evaluation should we tru…
Read more- By Dartington SRU
- Posted on Wednesday 11th September, 2013
To RCT or not to RCT?
Whitehall is abuzz with discussion about randomised controlled trials in public policy. The dark art has come to the water cooler.RCTs offer the best way of telling if a social policy intervention does or doesn’t work, because they compare the outcomes for people who received that intervention with those of people who did not. This is a crucial but tough and sometimes costly test to meet &nd…
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