A group of medical practitioners are studying the effects of a drug on patients .They administered the drug to one group, and withheld the intervention / treatment from the other .They determined who was in which group based on a random number generator .This is known as:
A)Random assignment
B)Chance assignment
C)Unsystematic selection
D)Indiscriminate selection

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Random assignment is a method used in experiments to assign participants to different groups using randomization, which helps ensure that each participant has an equal chance of being assigned to any group, thus minimizing biases and ensuring the groups are comparable at the start of the experiment.

A Group of Medical Practitioners Are Studying the Effects of a Drug