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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.

Though infrequently conducted in K-12 education because of logistical problems and expense, random assignment allows researchers to eliminate sources of bias, such as the sorting of students into ...

In experimental settings, random assignment into treated and control groups forms the basis of randomized controlled trials such as those described by Sinclair Lewis. While advanced economies have not ...

Why with observation alone there is no random assignment of exposure, so confounding by other factors should always be considered as an explanation for associations found in an observational study.

Treatments for COVID-19 and Random Assignment Random assignment is discussed. ... In today’s post, I turn my attention to another key aspect of scientific experiments: random assignment.