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Biology — Randomized Controlled Trial

Randomization removes confounding of the treatment.

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Randomized controlled trialRRandomizationTTreatmentYOutcomeUPrognostic factorsExposureOutcomeConfounderMediatorUnobservedThe exposure is unconfounded: every backdoor path is already blocked, so the crude association estimates the total effect. 4 variables, 3 edge…No adjustment is needed: the exposure is unconfounded in this diagram, so the crude association between `Treatment` and `Outcome` already estimates the total effe…

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title "Randomized controlled trial"
node R "Randomization"
exposure T "Treatment"
outcome Y "Outcome"
unobserved U "Prognostic factors"
R -> T
T -> Y
U -> Y