Quality improvement research: are randomised trials necessary?

1 February 2007

journal article
Published by BMJ in Quality and Safety in Health Care

Vol. 16 (1) , 77-80
https://doi.org/10.1136/qshc.2006.021584

Abstract

At its core, science is based on generalisable theory. This theory leads to hypotheses which can be tested experimentally over and over again. If the test fails, the theory must be rejected or modified. Replication, not peer review, is the standard of scientific evidence.

Keywords

IMPROVEMENT RESEARCH
SCIENCE
GENERALISABLE
SCIENTIFIC
EXPERIMENTALLY
REJECTED
PEER
FAILS
RANDOMISED TRIALS

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