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Informationally, this post lands on information regarding randomized controlled trials (RCTs). However, there isn't a specific thesis I can nail down outside of
by tomrod 2y ago
Informationally, this post lands on information regarding randomized controlled trials (RCTs). However, there isn't a specific thesis I can nail down outside of introducing a general audience to the history and philosophy of RCTs. There is some discussion regarding how they aren't a panacea, but its more of an afterthought.
- ordu 2y agoI really liked Judea Pearl take on RCTs in his "The Book of Why". It is not much of the history or philosophy, but he show why RCTs works, why randomness do the trick, he does it from the standpoint of a wider theory of a causation that can explain not just RCT but also other methods of untangling causes and effects, and therefore it becomes easy to him to talk why RCTs may not work.
- tomrod 2y agoAye, Pearl's explanation and textbook Causality are fantastic.