11 Design methods ✎ Very rough draft

11.1 Recruitment rates

Plausibility of reported recruitment rates

11.2 Attrition rates

Plausibility of reported attrition/dropout rates

11.3 Randomisation methods

11.3.1 Differences at baseline

Carlisle method
Baseline balance checks and variants

11.3.2 Randomisation plausibility

E.g., claimed to randomise students to groups for an intervention, but it would have to be at the level of classrooms or schools
Binomial/multinomial distribution checks: only useful for testing weirdly unbalanced assignment, not too-perfectly balanced, as it’s technically the most probable outcome

# Design methods <span class="badge badge-draft1">✎ Very rough draft</span>

```{r}
#| include: false
if(file.exists("../_setup.R")){source("../_setup.R")}
```

## Recruitment rates

- Plausibility of reported recruitment rates

## Attrition rates

- Plausibility of reported attrition/dropout rates

## Randomisation methods

### Differences at baseline

- Carlisle method
- Baseline balance checks and variants

### Randomisation plausibility

- E.g., claimed to randomise students to groups for an intervention, but it would have to be at the level of classrooms or schools
- Binomial/multinomial distribution checks: only useful for testing weirdly unbalanced assignment, not too-perfectly balanced, as it's technically the most probable outcome