Appendix C — RCT in practice

1. Identify the causes of a problem that you want to solve

   • Complement this with field work

2. Build a theory of change

3. Associate your theory of change with a list of indicators

• Trial registry

  1. Identify the causes of a problem that you want to solve

  2. Build a theory of change

  3. Associate your theory of change with a list of indicators

  4. IRB / Ethics board (example)

  5. Pre-pilot

  6. Monitor / FOI

• Selecting your level of treatment

  • Individual level

  • Group level

  • Locality level

• Selecting your sample size

• What to do if you have several “treatment arms”?

• Setup your monitoring tools

Example: