---
id: "worksheets:exercise/design-rct"
type: "Solving Public Problems worksheet"
title: "Design an RCT"
url: "https://worksheets.solvingpublicproblems.org/exercise/design-rct"
date: "2024-07-11"
summary: "Exercises designed to help you create and develop your public interest project, from Solving Public Problems by The GovLab and the Burnes Center for Social Change."
source: "Solving Public Problems worksheets (worksheets.solvingpublicproblems.org), The GovLab and the Burnes Center for Social Change"
licence: "none stated"
---

# Design an RCT

Exercise group: Experiments for Change · Recommended exercise

## Questions

1. Test: 1. Identify two or more policy or program interventions to compare (e.g., old versus new policy or program; different variations of a policy or program).
2. Test: 2. Determine the change outcome sought and how it will be measured in the trial.
3. Test: 3. Decide on the randomization unit: whether to randomize to intervention and control groups at the level of individuals, institutions (e.g., schools), or geographical areas (e.g., local authorities).
4. Test: 4. Determine how many units (people, institutions, or areas) are required for robust results.
5. Test: 5. Assign each unit to one of the policy interventions, using a robust randomization method.
6. Test: 6. Introduce the policy interventions to the assigned groups.
7. Learn: 1. Measure the results and determine the impact of the policy interventions.
8. Adapt: 1. Adapt your policy intervention to reflect your findings.
9. Adapt: 2. Return to step 1 to continually improve your understanding of what works.

## PDF version

https://directus.theburnescenter.org/assets/6e01ef06-7b18-400a-abeb-71795b0c4412

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