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Randomized trials and observational studies: the current philosophical controversy
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The supposed superiority of randomized over non-randomized studies is used to justify claims about therapeutic effectiveness of medical interventions and also inclusion criteria for many systematic reviews of therapeutic interventions. However, the view that randomized trials provide better evidence has been challenged by philosophers of science. In addition, empirical evidence for average differences between randomized trials and observational studies (which we would expect if one method wer...
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- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- Springer, Dordrecht Publisher's website
- Host title:
- Handbook of the Philosophy of Medicine
- Pages:
- 873-886
- Publication date:
- 2017-01-03
- DOI:
- ISBN:
- 9789401786874
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- pubs:666578
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- Deposit date:
- 2016-12-19
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- Copyright holder:
- Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht
- Copyright date:
- 2017
- Notes:
- © Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2017
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