Advice On Some Quasi-Experimental Alternatives To Randomization

We have found a lot of help over the years in reading the advice and postings of statistician, Dr. Steve Simon.  Here’s an entry in which he discusses some considerations when dealing with quasi-experimental designs.  You can sign up for his newsletter to receive it directly.  (Note: if you keep reading to the next entry about how much in practice is estimated to be evidence-based, we suspect that the reported percent might be inflated if the reviewers were not applying a solid critical appraisal approach.)  You can read Steve’s advice about quasi-experimental design considerations here:

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