I think you should write this up as a full post or at least as a question.
I don’t think people will see this and you deserve reasonable attention if its a full time project.
Note that my knee jerk reaction is caution. The value of RCTs is well known and they are coveted. Then, in the mental models I use, I would discount the idea that it could be readily distributed.
For example, something like the following logic might apply:
An RCT, or something that looks like it, with many of the characteristics/quality you want, will cost more than the seed grant or early funding for the new org doing the actual intervention.
Most smaller projects start with a pilot that gives credible information about effectiveness (by design, often much cheaper than an RCT).
Then “democratizing RCTs”, as you frame it, will basically boil down to funding/subsidizing smaller projects than bigger ones.
I’m happy for this reasoning to be thoroughly destroyed and RCTs available for all!
I think you should write this up as a full post or at least as a question.
I don’t think people will see this and you deserve reasonable attention if its a full time project.
Note that my knee jerk reaction is caution. The value of RCTs is well known and they are coveted. Then, in the mental models I use, I would discount the idea that it could be readily distributed.
For example, something like the following logic might apply:
An RCT, or something that looks like it, with many of the characteristics/quality you want, will cost more than the seed grant or early funding for the new org doing the actual intervention.
Most smaller projects start with a pilot that gives credible information about effectiveness (by design, often much cheaper than an RCT).
Then “democratizing RCTs”, as you frame it, will basically boil down to funding/subsidizing smaller projects than bigger ones.
I’m happy for this reasoning to be thoroughly destroyed and RCTs available for all!