Purpose Guided Trial Design in Behavioral Intervention Research

Stanford Prevention Research Center Seminar Series

Kenneth E. Freedland, PhD 

Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis

The selection and design of control groups is one of the most controversial topics in behavioral intervention research, particularly in behavioral medicine.  Whether, when, and how to control for attention is especially controversial.  Purpose-Guided Trial Design is a new heuristic framework that can help researchers and reviewers make better decisions about control groups and other trial design issues.

Related journal articles here & here.

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Medical School Office Building (MSOB) Conference Room X303
1265 Welch Road
Stanford, CA 94305
USA

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