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Direct linkScriven, Michael – Journal of MultiDisciplinary Evaluation, 2008
This review focuses on what the author terms a reconsideration of the working credentials of the randomly controlled trial (RCT) design, and includes a discussion of popularly accepted aspects as well as some new perspectives. The author concludes that there is nothing either Imperative or superior about the need for RCT designs, and that an…
Descriptors: Credentials, Research Design, Summative Evaluation, Quasiexperimental Design
