SOME ASPECTS OF RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED RESEARCH (RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS RCT): ATTEMPTS AT THEORETICAL COMPREHENSION

The article is devoted to the study of some aspects of the method of randomized controlled research. According to the results of the study, it is found that research of randomistas are intuitively understood by a large number of people, while for more detailed, fundamental research requires special scientific knowledge. Since researchers in the RCT method exclude the need to refer to the theory at the sub-preparatory stage of research and are guided by the results, this prevents the possibility of making preliminary hypotheses based on theoretical analysis for data and obtain positive external validity through the application of various methods, rather than highlighting a separate method as the only true.

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