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Birth of Nancy Cartwright
Nancy Cartwright was born -
What are randomised controlled trials good for?
Was a journal written in January 2010 and it explains how the method of “randomized controlled trials” is the best method for medicine and is now being used more throughout social sciences because of how it is a surefire way for accurate and unbiased data. Randomized controlled trials are trials were people are chosen randomly in an environment that every other factor besides the person or people being tested are controlled. With this method it helped shaped paradigms of social science. -
The Art of Medicine: A philosopher's view of the long road from RCTs to effectiveness
Is an article by Nancy Wright that further explains the need for random controlled trials and it goes more in depth in comparison to her last journal about the process that is being used for random controlled trials. -
Presidential Address: Will This Policy Work for You? Predicting Effectiveness Better: How Philosophy Helps
Explains how the takeover movement in economics is starting to be used more frequently and how their information is from random controlled trials as well. She expresses the need to question the method and to be sure if this is the most effective way to go about this in the field in economics. -
Knowing what we are talking about: why evidence doesn't always travel
Is another journal that was written by Nancy Cartwright in which she explains the differences of the evidence and the outcome and how this should be more important in any field of study. Cartwright expresses the importance of recognizing the difference between evidence and outcome. The reason to consider these factors is because it is important to keep focus on the study at hand.
