Randomisation Flashcards
1
Q
what is the point of randomisation
A
to achieve balance in regards to
- known confounders
- unknown confounders
2
Q
what is allocation concealment?
A
Ensures treatment group assignments are not biased. involves hiding the randomised sequence from those involved in enrolling n to the study.
Imagine they know that first person is going into treatment group the first person they contact migtht be n they believe will benefit more from this.
