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==Random sampling==
Random sampling is a related, but distinct, process.<ref name="socialresearchmethods.net">{{cite web|url=http://www.socialresearchmethods.net/kb/random.php|title=Social Research Methods - Knowledge Base - Random Selection & Assignment}}</ref> Random sampling is recruiting participants in a way that they represent a larger population.<ref name="socialresearchmethods.net"/> Because most basic statistical tests require the hypothesis of an independent randomly sampled population, random assignment is the desired assignment method because it provides control for all attributes of the members of the samples—in contrast to matching on only one or more variables—and provides the mathematical basis for estimating the likelihood of group equivalence for characteristics one is interested in, both for pretreatment checks on equivalence and the evaluation of post treatment results using inferential statistics. More advanced statistical modeling can be used to adapt the inference to the sampling method.
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