randomization
Deliberate disorder introduction
Randomization is the process of making something random or introducing chance into a selection or arrangement.
In scientific research, randomization assigns subjects to groups without pattern or bias, ensuring that differences in outcomes can be attributed to the treatment rather than preexisting factors: Randomization is essential to clinical trial design.
The term appears in statistics, computing, and experimental methodology.
Quantified chance of occurrence
- samplingExtracting subset for study
- distributionAllocation across recipients
- stochasticRandomly determined, statistically describable
- permutationArrangement in specific order
algorithm · entropy · nondeterministic · probabilistic · seed · pseudorandom · bootstrap · stratification
Randomize by mixing
- deckShip's flat surface
- cardsStiff paper rectangles
- permuteRearrange in all orders
- scrambleMix into disorder
rearrange · mix · sequence · deal · riffle · order · interleave · playlist
Chance affecting outcomes
- lotteryRandomized prize distribution
- raffleLottery for prizes
- coinflipRandom binary outcome
- diceMarked cubes for chance
roulette · draw · odds · gamble · sweepstakes · tombola · selection · picker
Judicial examination of claims
- controlAuthority to direct
- placeboInactive therapeutic substitute
- subjectMatter under discussion
- blindingPainfully intense light
allocation · assignment · counterbalancing · blocking · stratification · confound · variable · hypothesis
Complete disorder and confusion
- entropyQuantified chaos in systems
- indeterminacyLack of fixed outcome
- uncertaintyState of being unsure
- disorderAbsence of organization
spontaneity · arbitrariness · haphazard · caprice · whimsy · turbulence · irregularity · variability
probability
Quantified chance of occurrence
- samplingExtracting subset for study
- distributionAllocation across recipients
- stochasticRandomly determined, statistically describable
permutation · algorithm · entropy · nondeterministic · probabilistic · seed · pseudorandom · bootstrap · stratification · bias
shuffle
Randomize by mixing
scramble · rearrange · mix · sequence · deal · riffle · order · interleave · playlist · reorder
luck
Chance affecting outcomes
dice · roulette · draw · odds · gamble · sweepstakes · tombola · selection · picker · generator
trial
Judicial examination of claims
blinding · allocation · assignment · counterbalancing · blocking · stratification · confound · variable · hypothesis · double-blind
chaos
Complete disorder and confusion
- entropyQuantified chaos in systems
- indeterminacyLack of fixed outcome
- uncertaintyState of being unsure
disorder · spontaneity · arbitrariness · haphazard · caprice · whimsy · turbulence · irregularity · variability · fluctuation
- researchstudy, research papers, researching, archive, peer review
- experimentsexperiment, experiments, test, tests, trials
- data privacydata privacy, GDPR, personal data, data protection, de-identification
- game designmechanics, level design, game balance, balancing, playtesting
- research methodsexperiment, hypothesis, deduction, experiments, induction
- scientific methodexperiment, theory, data, hypothesis, observation
randomizationstratification
Division into distinct levels
cherry-picking · curation · self-selection · matching · hand-picking
randomizationsystematization
Creating ordered structure
ordering · organization · sequencing · structuring · standardization
random, randomly, randomness, randomized, randomize, nonrandom, randomizing, randomizes, randomisation