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Randomised controlled trial (RCT)
Also called rct
A randomised controlled trial randomly assigns participants to different conditions to isolate a causal effect, generally considered the strongest single-study design for establishing causation.
In context
You'll usually need this when a study claims a causal effect and you need to check how that claim was actually established.