Question

In a controlled trial to compare two treatments, randomisation is undertaken because: 

a) the clinician does not know which treatment group patients are allocated to 

b) the two groups will be similar in disease severity 

c) the clinician knows which treatment patients receive 

d) the number of patients in each group is identical 

e) the sample may be referred to a known population.

Answer 1

a) False; 

b) True; 

c) False; 

d) False; 

e) False