AI engineering glossary · Statistics inference
What is RCT (randomised controlled trial)?
Randomised controlled trial (also called RCT): An experiment in which participants are randomly assigned to a treatment or control condition and outcomes are compared. It is regarded as the strongest design for establishing cause and effect.
Randomised controlled trial: an example
Randomly giving 500 of 1,000 job seekers a skills course and tracking how many get jobs in six months.
Related terms
More Statistics inference terms
- Regression coefficient
- Regression to the mean
- Rejection region
- Resampling
- Sample ratio mismatch
- Sampling distribution
- Sequential testing
- Significance level
Where you learn it
Randomised controlled trial is part of the AI Engineering Program, which teaches it with notes, a hands-on lab and an exam. The first lesson is free.