Is Give Well Really Using Randomized Controlled Trials?

Roxanne Jones: I would have thought you would actually approve of the way give well uses RCTs. Give Well's view is that most research is pretty flawed including the vast majority of randomized controlled trials, she says. But occasionally you can have enough RCTs looking at lots of different outcome measures with a large enough effect size to be able to say there's a real benefit in some cases," writes Jones. "You're making my hair stand."