In this post, I try to explain the importance of random sampling; in my next post, I will explore random assignment. Let me use an (oversimplified) example: Suppose there are 2 million Americans ...

Scott E. Carrell, James E. West, Does Professor Quality Matter? Evidence from Random Assignment of Students to Professors, Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 118, No. 3 (June 2010), pp. 409-432 ...

Using the historical random assignment of MBA students to sections at Harvard Business School (HBS), I explore how executive peer networks can affect managerial decision making. Within an HBS class, ...

Second, the rationale for use of the extreme 4:1 random assignment is unclear, as it results in additional efficiency loss for the primary biomarker-directed versus control arm comparison: a roughly ...

Random assignment is discussed.If our random sample (10,000 people diagnosed with COVID-19) took hydroxychloroquine and most recovered in a couple of weeks and only 5% needed to be hospitalized ...