We seek to assure assignment balance in view of previous research showing differential treatment outcomes by relationship to patient.
At the conclusion of the Enrollment Interview, patients were randomized to the TEC or EUC groups using a blocked-randomization scheme to assure balanced assignment within physicians.
Caregivers receive $15 for each set of surveys, for a maximum of $30 in Phase 1 and $180 in Phase 2. A stratified block-randomization scheme is used to assure balanced assignment by clinic site and cancer focus.
The randomization code was a self-adhesive label that was then put on the randomization log, which served as a record of the sequence of code assignments, and assured that codes were handed out in the correct order.
172 Explanation—Just as we seek evidence of concealment to assure us that assignment was truly random, we seek evidence of the method of blinding.
The gold standard of medical research is the randomized controlled trial (RCT), which assures that treatment assignment is independent of patient characteristics, eliminating selection bias and confounding and allowing one to infer a causal relationship between the outcome and the experimental variable.
If he decides to retire, he can rest assured that his next major assignment will be to deliver his Hall of Fame speech. .
I went to a rather prestigious and debatably pretentious Toronto private school whose faculty assured us that these essays, assignments, and exams would make us the most prepared student in our classes.
The bill would also require judges to draw lawyers in rotation from lists of a legal pool, to try to assure that the assignments avoid creating conflicts of interest for the judges.
We inspected fish collections from the Chinese museums and identified a random subsample of approximately 10 specimens per species to assure correct species assignments.
But Phillips had also assured Jones that the late-season bullpen assignment was only temporary, and now Jones is back in the rotation on a team that shed four starters over the winter.
