random assignment
collocation in Englishmeaningsofrandomandassignment
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random
adjective
uk/ˈræn.dəm/us/ˈræn.dəm/
happening, done, or chosen by chance rather than according to ...
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assignment
noun
uk/əˈsaɪn.mənt/us/əˈsaɪn.mənt/
a piece of work given to someone, typically as part of their studies ...
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(Definition ofrandomandassignmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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This result has a bearing on therandomassignmentproblem.
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It is not clear, however, thatrandomassignmentwould promote selfless values in physicians any more than a one-sided draft does in professional football.
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Of course, small group differences are always possible whenrandomassignmentto groups is employed; thus, the minor differences reported here are not surprising.
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To ensure that an environmental effect is free from genetic influences it would be necessary to haverandomassignmentto environmental conditions.
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Randomassignmentwould ensure that all unmeasured confounding factors were equally distributed between comparison groups.
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Unlike moderators (which, by definition, are baseline measures), mediators occur afterrandomassignment, exerting their effects during the period of active intervention.
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The unequal numbers receiving each drug must also be questioned, given the apparentlyrandomassignment.
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Moreover, these devices take advantage of experimental control, therandomassignmentof participants to various 'treatments'.
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It must also be wondered howrandomassignmentwould necessarily improve care for underserved patients.
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Althoughrandomassignmentto adversity and trauma are not possible,randomassignmentto intervention is.
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No studies that we are aware of have tracked changes in glucorticoids over time during the course of arandomassignmentpreventive intervention with adolescents.
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It would be possible to integraterandomassignmentwith neural and behavioral measures across several time points in a larger study.
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Nevertheless, without the benefit ofrandomassignment, we cannot be absolutely sure that the changes we observed were a result of treatment.
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Successfulrandomassignmentgreatly reduces the likelihood that other unknown factors unrelated to the intervention, can account for any later differences between the two groups.
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Followingrandomassignment, no differences were observed between the resulting groups in gender distribution, age, birth weight, or percentage of life spent.
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A mediator variable, on the other hand, occurs afterrandomassignmentand has its effect during the intervention.
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Recall that the control and intervention groups were created byrandomassignmentof boys displaying high levels of disruptive behavior in kindergarten (age 6).
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I closed my original commentary by saying that a more searching argument will be necessary before we swap the existing match system forrandomassignment.
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Even when randomization is possible, the initial success inrandomassignmentdoes not ensure that experimental and control groups will remain comparable throughout the study.
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Our unobtrusive measure of racial attitudes is based on therandomassignmentof respondents to different treatment groups.
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