Gold Standard Myths: Observations on the Experimental Turn in Quantitative Criminology
✍ Scribed by Robert J. Sampson
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 148 KB
- Volume
- 26
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0748-4518
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The three-arm clinical study including a placebo has been recommended to be the preferred study design for the comparison of an experimental treatment relative to a reference treatment. In a confirmatory three-arm study multiplicity issues arise that are not present in two-arm studies. In the past a