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Over the last few weeks, I’ve been talking about randomized control trials (RCTs) — the good, the bad, and the ugly. I’ve been trying to address questions about RCT alternatives, and why I don’t, [...]

The short answer is, yes, they are. I should clarify. I’m not saying randomized control trials don’t have their value. For specific tasks, they are pretty much the best at what they do. But too [...]

One randomized control trial is never enough. Continuing our series on why RCTs are kind of like unicorns, today I’m going to talk about the importance of conducting multiple RCTs — if it turns [...]

This is the second installment in my blog series about RCTs and the problems associated with them. It started last week with Have You Ever Seen a Unicorn? (Or a True RCT?) and was inspired by [...]

It’s true. Randomized control trials are effectively the unicorns of the research world. Everyone talks about them, but few have ever actually seen a true RCT in the wild. I presented at the Good [...]

This week’s blog post was inspired by Catherine D’Ignazio’s piece on putting data back into context over at DataJournalism.com. We’re big fans of her work and were super-excited to see that our [...]