Definition

1. 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

1. set up or distributed in a deliberately random way