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RCT Toolkit

Plan, power, and randomize field experiments—with explicit assumptions and reproducible outputs.

RCT design

Build a portable RCT design record that keeps assumptions, implementation decisions, and reproducibility commitments together.

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00   Meta / cover EssentialRationale · 0/7

Identify the study, team, geography, and delivery partners.

01   Problem & policy relevance EssentialRationale · 0/4

State the decision problem and why credible causal evidence is needed.

03   Intervention & implementation EssentialIntervention · 0/7

Describe what is delivered, by whom, to whom, and at what intensity.

04   Study population & sampling EssentialIntervention · 0/5

Define the population, frame, eligibility, and unit of assignment.

05   Outcomes & measurement EssentialIntervention · 0/6

Pre-specify outcomes, timing, instruments, and construction rules.

06   Randomization design EssentialDesign · 0/8

Document assignment, concealment, balance, and contamination safeguards.

07   Power & sample size EssentialDesign · 0/10

Record numeric assumptions and the evidence behind them.

09   Analysis plan EssentialDesign · 0/7

Define estimands, models, missing data, and multiplicity before outcomes are seen.

10   Ethics, risks & approvals EssentialOperations · 0/6

Protect participants and assign ownership for foreseeable risks.

15   Compliance EssentialOutputs · 0/4

Record commitments that make the study auditable and reproducible.

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{
  "version": "2.0.0",
  "power_sample_size": {
    "numeric": {
      "alpha": 0.05,
      "power": 0.8
    }
  }
}

Methodological reference: the original RCT Field Flow implementation. Validate final study decisions with a statistician and the study protocol.