What Is a Randomised Controlled Trial (RCT)

question 3

Multiple Choice

What is a randomised controlled trial (RCT) ?

• A) An experiment where participants take part in a number of interventions in a randomised order
• B) An experiment where some of the participants will be randomly assigned to receive the intervention of interest, and the others will receive no treatment or a control treatment
• C) An experiment where all participants trial a new treatment, followed by a control treatment
• D) None of the above

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Definitions:

Break-even Point

The level of production or sales at which total revenues equal total expenses.

Unit Sales

The quantity of products sold, typically measured on a per-unit basis.

Margin Of Safety

The difference between actual sales and the break-even point, indicating how much sales can fall before a business incurs a loss.

Net Operating Income

Earnings resulting from the standard operations of a business, without considering taxes and interest expenses.