# Individual response

**URL:** <https://discourse.datamethods.org/t/individual-response/5191>\
**Category:** data analysis\
**Tags:** rct, design, interpretation\
**Created:** [December 16, 2021, 9:57am UTC](https://discourse.datamethods.org/t/individual-response/5191 "2021-12-16T09:57:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![f2harrell](https://discourse.datamethods.org/user_avatar/discourse.datamethods.org/f2harrell/32/165_2.png) [@f2harrell](https://discourse.datamethods.org/u/f2harrell)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2022, 1:10pm UTC](https://discourse.datamethods.org/t/individual-response/5191/79 "2022-03-18T13:10:03Z")

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Instead of acceleration of knowledge we have many examples where observational studies either resulted in non-working treatments being adopted into clinical practice, or causing a delay in launching a proper RCT.

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