Once you have identified a policy you want to test and decided who you want to test it with, there are 7 main steps to running a trial. This section goes through each of these steps in turn. Download the accompanying resources and work through them as you go.
- Step 1: decide what outcome measure you are going to use
- Step 2: make sure your experiment has statistical power
- Step 3: randomise your participants
- Step 4: implement the new process for the intervention group
- Step 5: clean and merge your data
- Step 6: understand how to analyse your results
- Step 7: apply your results and scale
Resources to run your own RCT
- Randomisation guides (Excel randomisation guide, Word randomisation guide)
- Data cleaning and merging guides (Excel data guide, Word data guide)
- Analysis guides (Excel analysis guide, Word analysis guide)
