Richard Cabot, pair-matched random allocation, and the attempt to compare like with like in the social sciences and medicine. Part 2: the context of medicine and public health

Affiliations

¹ Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
² School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
³ College of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32304, USA.

Scott H Podolsky et al. J R Soc Med. 2021 May.

. 2021 May;114(5):264-270.

doi: 10.1177/01410768211003790.

¹ Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
² School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
³ College of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32304, USA.

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