Random assignment: The process of using chance to assign experimental units to treatment groups, balancing potential confounders.
How to apply it: Random assignment allows us to attribute differences in outcomes to the treatment rather than to lurking variables.
Course: AP Statistics · Unit: Collecting Data
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