Resist the Randomized Controlled Trials fetish: different questions require different pyramids of evidence

Raywat Deonandan

doi:10.36834/cmej.80355

Resist the Randomized Controlled Trials fetish: different questions require different pyramids of evidence

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Raywat Deonandan University of Ottawa

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https://doi.org/10.36834/cmej.80355

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2025-02-24

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Deonandan R. Resist the Randomized Controlled Trials fetish: different questions require different pyramids of evidence. Can. Med. Ed. J [Internet]. 2025 Feb. 24 [cited 2025 Mar. 9];16(1):126-7. Available from: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/cmej/article/view/80355

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Vol. 16 No. 1 (2025)

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