Why bother conducting experiments on treatments for COVID-19 (e.g., chloroquine) instead of relying on anecdotal evidence about their effectiveness? Random assignment is discussed.

One important way for courts to maintain the confidence of the public is by randomly assigning cases to judges. All federal district courts, with the exception of the District of Guam, are now ...

A simple random sample is used to represent the entire data population. A stratified random sample divides the population into smaller groups based on shared characteristics.

The Conference announcement explained: “In most of the nation’s 94 federal district courts, local case assignment plans facilitate the random selection of judges.

Why bother conducting experiments on treatments for COVID-19 (e.g., chloroquine) instead of relying on anecdotal evidence about their effectiveness? Random assignment is discussed.