randomized
Học thuậtThân thiện
Definition
- Adjective:
- Arranged or done using a method involving chance rather than a fixed plan: Describes something that has been made random, often as part of a scientific or statistical procedure to eliminate bias.
Usage
- The term "randomized" is primarily used in formal, academic, or technical contexts, especially in scientific research, statistics, and computing. It describes a process or state resulting from a deliberate randomization procedure.
- It is commonly used before a noun (e.g., a randomized trial) or after a linking verb (e.g., The selection was randomized).
Examples
- Adjective:
- The researchers conducted a randomized clinical trial to test the new drug's effectiveness.
- Participants were assigned to either the control or the treatment group using a randomized procedure.
- For the experiment, the order of questions was fully randomized.
Advanced Usage
- "randomized to": Often used in research to indicate the group to which a subject was assigned by chance.
- Patients were randomized to receive either the standard therapy or the new intervention.
- "randomized controlled trial (RCT)": A standard study design in medical and social science research where participants are randomly allocated to different groups.
- The gold standard for evidence in medicine is the randomized controlled trial.
Variants and Related Words
- Randomize (verb): To make random; to arrange or select in a random way.
- You must randomize the list of names before drawing the winner.
- Randomization (noun): The process of making something random.
- The randomization of the sample ensured the results were not biased.
- Random (adjective): Made, done, or happening without method or conscious decision.
- He made a random choice from the menu.
Synonyms
- Randomised (chiefly British English spelling)
- Haphazard (lacking any obvious principle of organization, but often implies a lack of deliberate planning rather than a deliberate randomizing procedure)
- Chance (occurring by chance, but not necessarily through a deliberate process)
Antonyms
- Systematic
- Ordered
- Nonrandom
- Methodical
Related Phrases and Concepts
- Randomized algorithm: In computer science, an algorithm that employs a degree of randomness as part of its logic.
- A randomized algorithm can sometimes solve problems faster than a deterministic one.
- Randomized response: A research technique used in surveys to allow respondents to answer sensitive questions while maintaining privacy.
- The survey on cheating used a randomized response technique to get more honest answers.
Adjective
- set up or distributed in a deliberately random way