randomization

randomization
Allocation of individuals to groups, e.g., for experimental and control regimens, by chance.

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ran·dom·iza·tion (ran″dəm-ĭ-zaґshən) assignment of experimental subjects to treatment groups according to some known probability distribution governed by chance, so that the distribution of subjects within each group should vary only by chance.

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