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Descriptor English: Random Allocation
Descriptor Spanish: Distribución Aleatoria
Descriptor distribución aleatoria
Entry term(s) aleatorización
asignación al azar
asignación aleatoria
Scope note: Proceso en el que interviene la suerte y que se emplea en ensayos terapéuticos y otros métodos de investigación para distribuir a los sujetos, humanos o animales, sometidos a experimentación entre los grupos de tratamiento y control, o entre grupos de tratamiento. También puede aplicarse a experimentos sobre objetos inanimados.
Descriptor Portuguese: Distribuição Aleatória
Descriptor French: Répartition aléatoire
Entry term(s): Allocation, Random
Randomization
Tree number(s): E05.318.370.700
E05.581.500.805
N05.715.360.325.675
N06.850.520.445.700
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D011897
Scope note: A process involving chance used in therapeutic trials or other research endeavor for allocating experimental subjects, human or animal, between treatment and control groups, or among treatment groups. It may also apply to experiments on inanimate objects.
Annotation: IM general only; coordinate NIM with specific subject (IM); do not add as a coordinate with RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (PT) or other CLINICAL TRIAL (PT)
Allowable Qualifiers: No qualifiers
Previous Indexing: Research Design (1973-1977)
Public MeSH Note: 91; was see under RESEARCH DESIGN 1978-90
History Note: 91(78); was see under RESEARCH DESIGN 1978-90
DeCS ID: 24300
Unique ID: D011897
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1977/04/22
Revision Date: 2018/06/29
Random Allocation - Preferred
Concept UI M0018466
Scope note A process involving chance used in therapeutic trials or other research endeavor for allocating experimental subjects, human or animal, between treatment and control groups, or among treatment groups. It may also apply to experiments on inanimate objects.
Preferred term Random Allocation
Entry term(s) Allocation, Random
Randomization



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