Random-assignment experiments are only the gold standard research methodology for the narrow questions they are designed to answer.

To illustrate the importance of random assignment, I would like you to imagine we did not use random assignment in our study of treatment for COVID-19.

A composite measure on teacher effectiveness drawing on all three of those measures, and tested through a random-assignment experiment, closely predicted how much a high-performing group of ...

Certainly, random assignment would have some downsides — committees would lose some expertise along with their “special interest” members, for example. But expertise is fungible.

Judge Beryl Howell ordered the random assignment of a judge for a House case involving Don McGahn, President Donald Trump's former White House counsel ...

A Santa Clara University report analyzed the effect of a 2022 random assignment order on Waco Division patent filings. The report reinforces other findings that patent case have dropped ...

In experimental settings, random assignment into treated and control groups forms the basis of randomized controlled trials such as those described by Sinclair Lewis.

On watching this video, students should be able to: Distinguish between an observational and experimental study. Explain the main reason why a randomised experiment can if done well, be used as a test ...

Why bother conducting experiments on treatments for COVID-19 (e.g., chloroquine) instead of relying on anecdotal evidence about their effectiveness? Random assignment is discussed.

NEWS Is Judge Albright's Influence Waning After Random-Assignment Rule? "If you look at the cases that are new that don't relate back to prior cases, then interest in the district has fallen ...