Randomization Randomization is the first study procedure outlined in Table 1. Note that randomization, or random assignment, is a different process with a different objective than random selection.

Most analytical procedures that acknowledge imperfect compliance do so at significant cost, abandoning the tight logic of random assignment. With noncompliance, assignment to enalapril or placebo is ...

A Randomized Experiment Comparing Random and Nonrandom Assignments [with Comments, Rejoinder], Journal of the American Statistical Association, Vol. 103, No. 484 (Dec., 2008), pp. 1334-1350 ...

Furthermore, the use of random assignment may have obviated the need for a pretreatment biopsy in this study, thereby reducing both patient risk and study cost. In this study, a statistically greater ...