Thomas D. Cook, a professor of sociology, psychology, education, and social policy at Northwestern University, criticizes education researchers’ reluctance to perform randomized experiments. He points ...

The What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) identifies studies that provide credible and reliable evidence of a given intervention’s effectiveness. Yet there is a high potential for serious estimation bias ...

In order to provide gender-affirming care, clinicians must sometimes jump through unusual hoops. In Australia, for example, the government won’t subsidize testosterone treatment for a trans man ...

An international group of researchers has developed a new tool that can help identify problematic randomized controlled trials (RCTs), including fraudulent studies, where there are serious concerns ...

The authors of a study based on an enormous randomized research project in Bangladesh say their results offer the best evidence yet that widespread wearing of surgical masks can limit the spread of ...