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Even if that's the case, the metric you're interested in isn't "is Treatment B better than doing nothing"; it's "how effective is Treatment B relative to Treatm
by duskwuff 1y ago
Even if that's the case, the metric you're interested in isn't "is Treatment B better than doing nothing"; it's "how effective is Treatment B relative to Treatment A". And the most effective way to determine that will be to trial them against each other, not against a placebo.
- thayne 1y agoIdeally, for getting good information, you compare to both. Because you also want to know if your treatment is more effective than a placebo.