At least when practiced on humans anyway.
The latest episode of "you are not so smart" interviewed a couple of scientist who have conducted research on how folks respond to controlled studies and there seems to be something like 30% of the population that just doesn't like the notion of running controlled experiments on people.
https://youarenotsosmart.com/podcast/
Some of the examples.
Some doctor's provide treatment A to emergency room patients while other doctors use treatment B. It is not clear whether either treatment works better than the other. When asked how the felt about the following:
1. What doctor is around when you arrive in the emergency room is random so you will be randomly assigned to treatment A or Treatment B.
2. You will be randomly assigned to a Doctor who will randomly assign you to A or B.
Almost nobody disliked Option 1 but something around 30% disliked option 2.
Another example regarding checklists.
A. A checklist of things to check on patient visits would be printed on the back of an attending physicians name tag.
B. The same checklist would be printed on poster in the hospital room.
C. Both.
D. A/B/C would be randomly assigned to different hospitals then outcomes would be measured and the method with the best outcome would be selected for future use.
Almost nobody objected to A, B, and C but something like 30% of people objected to D.
There did not seem to be a correlation with education or even folks with science degrees.
Please note, I'm going from memory, so some of the details will be a little off. Also, the latest episode, 158 isn't up on the website yet. So, get it through your podcatcher of choice.
The latest episode of "you are not so smart" interviewed a couple of scientist who have conducted research on how folks respond to controlled studies and there seems to be something like 30% of the population that just doesn't like the notion of running controlled experiments on people.
https://youarenotsosmart.com/podcast/
Some of the examples.
Some doctor's provide treatment A to emergency room patients while other doctors use treatment B. It is not clear whether either treatment works better than the other. When asked how the felt about the following:
1. What doctor is around when you arrive in the emergency room is random so you will be randomly assigned to treatment A or Treatment B.
2. You will be randomly assigned to a Doctor who will randomly assign you to A or B.
Almost nobody disliked Option 1 but something around 30% disliked option 2.
Another example regarding checklists.
A. A checklist of things to check on patient visits would be printed on the back of an attending physicians name tag.
B. The same checklist would be printed on poster in the hospital room.
C. Both.
D. A/B/C would be randomly assigned to different hospitals then outcomes would be measured and the method with the best outcome would be selected for future use.
Almost nobody objected to A, B, and C but something like 30% of people objected to D.
There did not seem to be a correlation with education or even folks with science degrees.
Please note, I'm going from memory, so some of the details will be a little off. Also, the latest episode, 158 isn't up on the website yet. So, get it through your podcatcher of choice.
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