Building evidence into education

Format: 2-2 Comparison groups should be similar

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Language/s: 3-6 Do the advantages outweigh the disadvantages?

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Target Audience: 2-9 Reviews of fair comparisons should be systematic

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Short Description:

Ben Goldacre explains why appropriate infrastructure is need to do clinical trials of sufficient rigour and size to yield reliable results.

Key Concepts addressed:

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• 1-10 Hope may lead to unrealistic expectations
• 1-9 Earlier is not necessarily better
• 2-12 Single studies can be misleading
• 2-13 Relative measures of effects can be misleading
• 2-15 Fair comparisons with few people or outcome events can be misleading

Details

Ben Goldacre, March 2013

I think there is a huge prize waiting to be claimed by teachers. By collecting better evidence about what works best, and establishing a culture where this evidence is used as a matter of routine, we can improve outcomes for children, and increase professional independence.

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