RANDOMIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does randomize mean? 

• RANDOMIZE (verb)
  The verb RANDOMIZE has 1 sense:

1. arrange in random order

  Familiarity information: RANDOMIZE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RANDOMIZE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they randomize    ... he / she / it randomizes   
Past simple: randomized   
Past participle: randomized   
-ing form: randomizing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Arrange in random order

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

randomise; randomize

Context example:

Randomize the order of the numbers

Hypernyms (to "randomize" is one way to...):

disarrange (disturb the arrangement of)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

randomization (a deliberately haphazard arrangement of observations so as to simulate chance)

 Context examples 

EXAMPLE(S): n/a, randomized controlled trial, non-randomized trial

(Interventional Study Protocol Version Allocation Code, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)

A randomized, controlled trial that is designed to evaluate the long-term safety and efficacy of a drug for a given indication.

(phase IV trial, NCI Thesaurus)

The new study reports on results from the Males, Antioxidants, and Infertility Trial (MOXI), a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical study conducted at nine sites across the United States.

(Antioxidant supplements do not improve male fertility, National Institutes of Health)

The relative proportion of subjects to be randomized to the arm.

(Arm Randomization Weight, NCI Thesaurus)

Actual number of subjects enrolled; may include subjects who were not randomized.

(Actual Subject Number, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Randomized, controlled clinical trial with total mortality as an endpoint.

(Level of Evidence 1A, NCI Dictionary)

Clinical endpoints are the most credible characteristics used in the assessment of the benefits and risks of a therapeutic intervention in randomized clinical trials.

(Clinical Endpoint, NCI Thesaurus)

An indication that the subject has been unable to fulfill the criteria required for assignment into a randomized group.

(Failure to Meet Randomization Criteria, NCI Thesaurus)

Those on OIT who passed the challenge were then randomized to receive either placebo OIT or were switched to a 300-mg daily dose of peanut protein.

(Few people with peanut allergy tolerate peanut after stopping oral immunotherapy, National Institutes of Health)

Subjects were randomized to 12 months of aerobic exercise or stretching and toning.

(Aerobic Exercise Slows Cognitive Decline in Adults at Risk of Alzheimer's, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)