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How to Critique Randomised Control Trials

Mind The Bleep

For example: in a study on stroke, if the mean age of participants in the treatment arm is 25 years, compared to 75 years in the placebo arm, are the results going to be valid? Do the measured outcomes actually answer the research question? There are many questions to ask oneself when reading the results section of an RCT. If yes, why?