randomize
Definition
- Verb:
- To arrange or process in a random order: To make something unpredictable or lacking a pattern by using chance to determine its arrangement or selection.
Usage
- General Use: The verb "randomize" is used when describing the action of making a sequence, selection, or set of items haphazard or unsystematic. It is commonly used in scientific experiments, computer programming, and statistical sampling to eliminate bias.
- Grammar: It is a transitive verb, requiring a direct object (e.g., randomize , randomize ). Its past tense and past participle form is "randomized."
Examples
- Verb:
- The researcher will randomize the participants into two groups.
- Please randomize the playlist so the songs aren't in alphabetical order.
- The computer algorithm was used to randomize the test questions for each student.
Advanced Usage
- "to randomize against": (In technical contexts) To use randomization as a method to control for or counteract a specific variable or bias.
- The study design randomized against potential confounding factors.
Variants and Related Words
- Randomization (n): The process or act of randomizing.
- The randomization of the trial ensured fair results.
- Random (adj): Lacking a definite plan, pattern, or purpose.
- The selection was completely random.
- Randomly (adv): In a random manner.
- Names were chosen randomly from a hat.
Synonyms
- Shuffle: To mix up the order of items.
- Scramble: To mix or throw into disorder.
Related Phrases
- "Randomized controlled trial": A specific type of scientific experiment where subjects are randomly assigned to test groups.
- The new drug was tested in a large randomized controlled trial.
Verb
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arrange in random order
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Randomize the order of the numbers
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