randomization

[ ran-duh-mahy-zey-shuhn ]

noun

the act or process of ordering or selecting people, things, or places in a random way, as in a sample or experiment, especially in order to reduce bias and interference by irrelevant variables: Randomization was achieved by using a computer-generated number to assign each participant to a group.

Origin of randomization

The rest of the patients are randomized into one of four treatment groups, each receiving a different experimental therapy.
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These are known as randomized, controlled clinical trials with placebos.
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In each trial, we combined two faces into the same image, with their order randomized, then computed the saliency map over the combined image.
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For each iteration of our simulation, the order of races is randomized to mitigate systematic bias in our prediction.
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You can randomize footprints all you want, but Google algorithm is smart enough to identify them, and it doesn’t go unpunished.
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