random controlled trial

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Etymology: ME, randoun, run violently; Fr, contrôle, check, trier, to grind

a study plan for a proposed new treatment in which subjects are assigned on a random basis to participate either in an experimental group receiving the new treatment or in a control group that does not.

random controlled trial,

n a study plan for a proposed new treatment in which subjects are assigned on a random basis to participate in either an experimental group receiving the new treatment or a control group that does not.

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No references found			A random controlled trial compared nine months of home-based family-focused therapy with medication to pharmacotherapy and two sessions of crisis management (Miklowitz, 2007). A review of evidence-based therapeutic interventions for bipolar ... by Steinkuller, Andrea; Rheineck, Jane E. / Journal of Mental Health Counseling Occupational therapy for independent-living older adults: A random controlled trial. Well - being: you can eliminate barriers to physical, social, and ... by Toto, Pamela E.; Radley, Laurel Cargill / Long-Term Living It would be impossible for a random controlled trial to take into account external situations such as a fracturing marriage, insomnia, a pending layoff, or a teenage child's perermial defiance's effect on a parent's nerves when the treatment is a strict behavior modification program for something like smoking cessation. "Shrink"-ing the mind: does psychotherapy work? Yes. It depends. What ... by Puterbaugh, Dolores T. / USA Today (Magazine)			ramisection ramitis Ramon Ramon y Cajal ramose ramp pacing rampant dental caries ramped dosing Ramphastos Rampley forceps Ramsay Hunt syndrome Ramsay Hunt's syndrome Ramstedt operation Ramstedt-Fredet operation ramulus ramus ramus of mandible RANA Ranavirus ranch Ranchos Los Amigos Scale rancid rancidity random random assignment random controlled trial random event generator random genetic drift random glucose random mating random number generator random off random sample random sampling random selection random voided specimen random-access memory random-dot stereogram randomization randomized clinical trial randomized clinical trial evidence randomized controlled clinical trials randomized controlled trial randy budgie syndrome Ranexa range range abnormalities range equation range of accommodation range of affect range of motion			Random Binary Phase Code Random Bits Bin Random Bladder Biopsy Random Block File Manager Random blood glucose Random blood sugar random bond Random Boner Syndrome Random Boolean Network Random breath testing Random Bullets of Crap Random Capillary Whole Blood Glucose Random Card Generator Random Challenge Memory Random Chance Occurrence Random Chaos Random Code Division Multiple Access Random Code-Division Multiple Access Random Coding Bound Random Coding Exponent Random Coefficient Autoregressive Random coil Random coil Random Control Encryption Subsystem Random Control Encryption System random controlled trial Random Cooperative Strain Interaction random copolymer random course Random courses Random data Random data Random data Random Data Generator Random Death Match Random Defect Random Defect Limited Yield Random Delay with Uniform Distribution Random Destination Ticket random diffusion chamber random digit Random digit dialing Random digit dialing Random Discussion Thread Random distribution Random distribution Random distribution Random distribution Random distribution Random dopant fluctuation Random dot autostereogram Random Dot E Stereotest Random dot stereogram Random dot stereogram Random Dot-Product Graph Random Draft Easy Mode

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