Examples of Trials

Experiments in Education Robert Coe (PowerPoint presentation slides)

'Value Added by Peer Learning' Joint project by Dundee and Durham Universities - link to website

A randomised controlled trial in children's social services setting: challenges and complexities - Dr Nina Biehal and Jo Dixon

Mandating Full New Deal participation for the over 50's: an experimental analysis - Dr Richard Dorsett

How different are telephoning and canvassing? Results from a GOTV field experiment in the UK 2005 General Election- Prof Peter John

Early Intervention for Children with Language Difficulties: An Evaluation of two School-Based Intervention Programmes - Dr Claudine Crane

Academic mentoring in schools: A small RCT to evaluate a large policy - Dr Robert Coe

Testing labour market policy interventions using random assignment: A central Government Department's experience - DWP Symposium

Cluster randomised trials of schools based health interventions - Prof Laurence Moore

A trial investigating whether a financial incentive would affect the attainment and/or attendance of adult literacy learners - Prof Greg Brooks

Randomisation bias and post-randomisation selection bias in RCTs: The role of non-experimental methods in the ERA demonstration - Dr Barbara Sianesi