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Carole Torgerson
Researcher at Durham University
Publications - 93
Citations - 3301
Carole Torgerson is an academic researcher from Durham University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Randomized controlled trial & Cluster randomised controlled trial. The author has an hindex of 29, co-authored 92 publications receiving 2933 citations. Previous affiliations of Carole Torgerson include University of Birmingham & University of York.
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Designing Randomised Trials in Health, Education and the Social Sciences: An Introduction
TL;DR: The Limitations of Before and After Designs History of Controlled Trials What is Special about Randomisation? Sources of Bias in Randomised Trials Placebo and Sham Trials Pragmatic and Explanatory Trials Designs to Deal with Participants' Preferences Cluster Randomised Controlled Trials Unequal Randomisation Factorial Randomized Controlled Trials Pilot Randomised controlled trials Sample Size and Analytical Issues Measuring Outcomes Recruitment into Randomised Trial Systematic Reviews of Randomised Training as discussed by the authors.
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Designing Randomised Trials in Health, Education and the Social Sciences
TL;DR: The aim of this work was to provide a Discussion of the Foundations of Randomisation and its Applications to Controlled Trials and to Discriminate Against Participants' Preferences by Explaining the Construction of the Design.
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Single group, pre- and post-test research designs: Some methodological concerns
Emma Marsden,Carole Torgerson +1 more
TL;DR: The authors provided two illustrations of some of the factors that can influence findings from pre- and post-test research designs in evaluation studies, including regression to the mean (RTM), maturation, history and test effects.
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The Need for Randomised Controlled Trials in Educational Research
TL;DR: The authors argue that without subjecting curriculum innovations to a Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) then potentially harmful educational initiatives could be visited upon the nation's children, and argue for more randomised controlled trials in educational research.
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The effect of grammar teaching on writing development
Richard Andrews,Carole Torgerson,Sue Beverton,Allison Freeman,Terry Locke,Graham Low,Alison Robinson,Die Zhu +7 more
TL;DR: The authors report on the results of two international systematic research reviews which focus on different aspects of teaching grammar to improve the quality and accuracy of 5-16-year-olds' writing in English.