We used a random order generator to set the order of the 40-question list, which is then used for all EGG evaluations.
We strived to design the questionnaire carefully, which entailed ensuring participants' anonymity, using a random order for survey items, providing concrete survey instructions, and asking participants to answer the questions as honestly as possible (Podsakoff et al. 2003).
Thus when one is faced with a problem of distinguishing special from routine variation in a univariate data set with no time order, the individuals and moving range (XmR) chart is not appropriate, and simply using a random order that is not based on the magnitude of the values, as advocated in primer texts [ 4, 11, 12] is not sufficient to address this issue.
Different concentrations of the analyte (injection volume 120 μl) were used in a random order to assess binding, expressed in terms of resonance units (RU).
The test of enrichment used here was the rigorous, rank-based "Q1-Q2" statistic of Tian et al. [16] (schematic in Figure 2A), which demonstrated significance of enrichment over what may be expected using a randomly-generated set of pathway signature genes (the "Q1" hypothesis) or using a random ordering of reference oncogene values in the human tumor dataset (the "Q2" hypothesis).
The receptive field (RF) of each ganglion cell was mapped using bars flashed in a random order across the retina (Johnston et al., 2014), and then a bar was flashed onto the centre of the receptive field: the delay to peak firing averaged 62 ± 3 ms, largely reflecting the delay in phototransduction (Baylor and Hodgkin, 1974) (n = 25; Figure 1A,C).
Patients who fulfilled the eligibility criteria specified above were randomly assigned to receive VSL#3 or placebo in a random order, using only one randomization list.
In the rTMS and sham sessions, LEPs were obtained immediately after the TMS modulation by stimulating the right hand and supraorbital zones in a random order using the procedure outlined above.
The 80 images were presented in a random order using Authorware (Macromedia) on a Dell™ laptop computer with a 15-inch monitor.
The samples were analysed in a random order using impedance counting technique with an MD18 haematology analyser (Coulter Corporation, Miami, FL, USA).
