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Is there any ethical concern we should pay attention to when employing RCT in evaluations?

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Wing Cheung

8 April 2021

Is there any ethical concern we should pay attention to when employing RCT in evaluations?

Is there any ethical concern we should pay attention to when employing RCT in evaluations?

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cathywong190@gmail.com

8 April 2021

Not at all.

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Wing Cheung

8 April 2021

Thank you for the information.

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cathywong190@gmail.com

8 April 2021

Informed consent is critical. Yet please bear in mind that RCT is not always practical since it is usually difficult to randomize all the participants.

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