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S: WHO – http://apps.who.int/rhl/education/MR000012_seuca_com/en/index.html (last access: 27 December 2015); http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2267325/ (last access: 27 December 2015).
N: 1. From verb randomize (1926, from random (adj.) + -ize. Related: Randomized; randomizing).
2. A method based on chance alone by which study participants are assigned to a treatment group. Randomization minimizes the differences among groups by equally distributing people with particular characteristics among all the trial arms. The researchers do not know which treatment is better. From what is known at the time, any one of the treatments chosen could be of benefit to the participant.
S: 1. OED – http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=randomize&allowed_in_frame= (last access: 27 December 2015). 2. http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=38700 (last access: 27 December 2015).
GV: randomisation (UK)
S: GDT (last access: 27 December 2015)
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