Random assignment of employees to the training and comparison groups is an attempt to put the employees who need the training the most in the training group.

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Random assignment is meant to ensure that the two groups are as similar as possible at the start of the experiment, so that any differences between them after the intervention can be confidently attributed to the training. It is not intended to specifically target employees who need the training the most.

Random Assignment of Employees to the Training and Comparison Groups