Making use of randomness (as in 'randomized algorithm') This is probably an unfortunate term, since it doesn't imply that one starts with something deterministic and then 'randomizes' it See also Monte Carlo and Las Vegas
A function or algorithm is randomized if the output depends not only on the input but also on some random element For example, the output from OAEP is a function of the input and a random seed Compare to deterministic
A trial in which patients are randomly assigned to receive either drug or placebo
-a study where the volunteers are assigned to receive a medicine or a placebo without bias
a study in which participants are assigned by chance to one of two or more intervention arms or regimens Randominization minimizes the differences among groups by equally distributing people with particular characteristics among all the trial arms
an experiment arranged to produce a chance distribution of subjects into different treatment or control arms Randomization is done to cancel out the influence of factors that are not under study With successful randomization, the chance of one individual being placed in a given study arm is independent of the placement of others, and the only differences between the groups are those intended by the experimenter (e g , different drugs taken)
A study in which participants are assigned by chance to one of two or more intervention arms or regimens Randomization minimizes the differences among groups by equally distributing people with particular characteristics among all the trial arms
A clinical trial with at least two arms, in which the decision as to which arm a new patient is assigned is made by chance, for instance, by the flip of a coin, or by using a computer to select randomly A great myth about cancer clinical trials is that all trials are randomized This is not true, though most Phase III and Adjuvant Trials are
ran·dom·ize randomizes randomizing randomized in BRIT, also use randomise If you randomize the events or people in scientific experiments or academic research, you use a method that gives them all an equal chance of happening or being chosen. The wheel is designed with obstacles in the ball's path to randomise its movement Properly randomized studies are only now being completed. to choose things in a way that is not carefully controlled or planned in order to do a scientific test