Thanks Karolina, this is great! It’s nice to see a balanced perspective considering the pros and cons of RCTs. It can be very frustrating seeing RCTs treated as either a silver bullet or a useless piece of trash. They’re a tool in a toolbox like every other kind of research, and in my opinion, best used in conjunction with broader foundational research approaches like qualitative data collection, case studies, descriptive or correlational studies, and so on. I’ll definitely be bookmarking this to refer back to.
Thanks Karolina, this is great! It’s nice to see a balanced perspective considering the pros and cons of RCTs. It can be very frustrating seeing RCTs treated as either a silver bullet or a useless piece of trash. They’re a tool in a toolbox like every other kind of research, and in my opinion, best used in conjunction with broader foundational research approaches like qualitative data collection, case studies, descriptive or correlational studies, and so on. I’ll definitely be bookmarking this to refer back to.