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Posted on October 13, 2025 by aspacap

NonProfits Have an RCT Problem

Stanford Social Innovation Review (open access)

Randomized controlled trials are touted as the benchmark for evaluating social programs. The social sector should focus instead on an improvement orientation to evaluating performance.

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