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social science subjects > health and social care > health care management > pharmaceuticals and clinical trials > randomization
social science subjects > health and social care > health care management > statistics and data mining > randomization
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randomization  

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  • Randomization is a term used in clinical trials to denote a scheme for assigning study subjects to treatment groups using methods that are independent of the individual subjects’ characteristics. Typically, when randomization is used, each participant has an equal chance of assignment to each study group or treatment group. [Source: Encyclopedia of Epidemiology; Randomization]

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