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Randomization was emphasized in the theory of statistical inference of [[Charles Sanders Peirce|Charles S. Peirce]] in "[[Charles Sanders Peirce bibliography#illus|Illustrations of the Logic of Science]]" (1877–1878) and "[[Charles Sanders Peirce bibliography#SIL|A Theory of Probable Inference]]" (1883). Peirce applied randomization in the Peirce-[[Joseph Jastrow|Jastrow]] experiment on weight perception.

Charles S. Peirce randomly assigned volunteers to a [[blinding|blinded]], [[repeated measures design|repeated-measures design]] to evaluate their ability to discriminate weights.<ref name="smalldiff">{{cite journal| author=[[Charles Sanders Peirce]] and [[Joseph Jastrow]]|year=1885|title=On Small Differences in Sensation|url=http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/Peirce/small-diffs.htm| journal=Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences|volume=3|pages=73–83}}</ref><ref name="telepathy">{{cite journal|author=[[Ian Hacking]]| title=Telepathy: Origins of Randomization in Experimental Design|journal=[[Isis (journal)|Isis]] (A Special Issue on Artifact and Experiment)|volume=79|issue=3| monthdate=September|year= 1988 |pages=427–451}}</ref><ref name="stigler">{{cite journal|doi=10.1086/444032|author=[[Stephen M. Stigler]]|title=A Historical View of Statistical Concepts in Psychology and Educational Research| journal=American Journal of Education| volume=101|issue=1|monthdate=November|year= 1992|pages=60–70}}</ref><ref name="dehue">{{cite journal|doi=10.1086/383850|author=Trudy Dehue|title=Deception, Efficiency, and Random Groups: Psychology and the Gradual Origination of the Random Group Design|journal=[[Isis (journal)|Isis]]|volume=88|issue=4|monthdate=December|year= 1997|pages=653–673|pmid=9519574}}</ref>

Peirce's experiment inspired other researchers in psychology and education, which developed a research tradition of randomized experiments in laboratories and specialized textbooks in the eighteen-hundreds.<ref name="smalldiff"/><ref name="telepathy"/><ref name="stigler"/><ref name="dehue"/>

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* [[Charles Sanders Peirce|Charles S. Peirce]], "[[Charles Sanders Peirce bibliography#SIL|A Theory of Probable Inference]]" (1883)

* {{cite journal| author=[[Charles Sanders Peirce]] and [[Joseph Jastrow]]|year=1885|title=On Small Differences in Sensation| journal=Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences|volume=3|pages=73–83|url=http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/Peirce/small-diffs.htm}} http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/Peirce/small-diffs.htm

* {{cite journal |doi=10.1086/354775 |first=Ian |last=Hacking |authorlink=Ian Hacking |title=Telepathy: Origins of Randomization in Experimental Design|journal=[[Isis (journal)|Isis]] |issue=3 |volume=79 |monthdate=September |year=1988 |pages=427–451 | mr = 1013489 |jstor=234674}}

* {{cite journal |doi=10.1086/444032 |author=[[Stephen M. Stigler]] |title=A Historical View of Statistical Concepts in Psychology and Educational Research |journal=American Journal of Education |volume=101 |issue=1 |monthdate=November |year=1992 |pages=60–70}}

* {{cite journal |doi=10.1086/383850 |author=Trudy Dehue |title=Deception, Efficiency, and Random Groups: Psychology and the Gradual Origination of the Random Group Design |journal=[[Isis (journal)|Isis]] |volume=88 |issue=4 |monthdate=December |year=1997 |pages=653–673 |pmid=9519574}}

*''Basic Psychology'' by Gleitman, Fridlund, and Reisberg.