Subject-level Assignment Controlled Experiment

A Subject-level Assignment Controlled Experiment is a comparative experiment that uses individual-level assignment (where each experiment subject is determined during assignment).

• Context:
  • It can range from being a to being a Subject-level Randomized Control Trial to being a Subject-level Non-Randomized Control Trial.
  • It can be analyzed by a Subject-level Controlled Experiment Evaluation.
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• Counter-Example(s):
  • a Group-level Assignment Controlled Experiment.
  • a Case-Control Observational Study.
• See: Randomized Comparative Experiment.

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References

2008

• (Brown, Wang, et al., 2008) ⇒ C. Hendricks Brown, Wei Wang, Sheppard G Kellam, Bengt O. Muthén, Hanno Petras, Peter Toyinbo, Jeanne Poduska, Nicholas Ialongo, Peter A Wyman, Patricia Chamberlain, and [The Prevention Science and Methodology Group]]. (2008). “Methods for Testing Theory and Evaluating Impact in Randomized Field Trials: Intent-to-treat Analyses for Integrating the Perspectives of Person, Place, and Time.” In: Drug and Alcohol Dependence Journal, 95. doi:10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2007.11.013
  • QUOTE: In the Rochester Resilience Program (RRP) (Row 1), which used individual level assignment of at-risk children blocked within schools, the ITT denominators consist of all children who were eligible, consented, and randomized, just as in a standard P-RCT.

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