The phrase "allocation not to" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be intended to express a restriction or limitation regarding allocation, but it lacks clarity and context.
Example: "The allocation not to exceed the budget was clearly stated in the proposal."
Alternatives: "allocation excluding" or "allocation limited to".
In the event of a finalized total allocation not equal to $100, the interviewer helped the subject adjust the scores, in proportion to those expressed, to total $100.
The randomisation will be undertaken using a computer-generated blocked randomisation sequence, stratified by low and high socioeconomic status of the catchment area from which women were sampled, and will be produced by the study statistician, with treatment allocation not available to investigators at any stage.
Raters were blinded to treatment allocation, but not to the order of scanning.
We endeavoured to blind the research assistants who collected the outcome data (password protected data related to allocation, participants asked not to mention allocation when visited).
GPs will remain blinded to group allocation and instructed not to ask about the physiotherapy management.
Owing to the nature of the intervention neither participants nor staff can be blinded to allocation but are instructed not to reveal the allocation status of the participant at the follow-up assessments.
Nurses assessing participants at 12 and 24 month follow-up visits were blind to group allocation, and participants were asked not to discuss group allocation with the assessing nurse.
The researchers were masked to block size, but not to patient allocation.
Hence all providers of care were blinded to the patient questionnaires but not to treatment allocation.
The researcher was blinded to the treatment allocation and patients were instructed not to discuss their treatment with the researcher.
