Allocation Concealment

Allocation Concealment is a methodological procedure in experimental design that prevents foreknowledge of the group assignment sequence by concealing the allocation process from researchers and participants until after enrollment, thereby minimizing selection bias.

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12.3K

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302

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2017–2026

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Experimental DesignPeriodontal Research Methods

Children

Adaptive RandomizationAllocation BiasAllocation Concealment AssessmentAllocation Sequence GenerationAssignment MaskingBlinding Of AllocatorsBlock RandomizationConcealment IntegrityElectronic Allocation SystemsInteractive Voice Response Systems

Publications

126

Empirical evidence of bias in treatment effect estimates in controlled trials with different interventions and outcomes: meta-epidemiological study

Lesley J. Wood, Matthias Egger, Lise Lotte Gluud et al. · BMJ · 2008 · 2.6K citations · Full text

Public Health, Biostatistics, Clinical Epidemiology +15

Blinding in randomised trials: hiding who got what

Kenneth F. Schulz, David A. Grimes · The Lancet · 2002 · 939 citations

Public Health, Biostatistics, Experimental Design +10

Differential allocation: tests, mechanisms and implications

Ben C. Sheldon · Trends in Ecology & Evolution · 2000 · 701 citations

Social Sciences, Economics, Microeconomics +6

Randomization and allocation concealment: a practical guide for researchers

Gordon S. Doig, F. O. Simpson · Journal of Critical Care · 2005 · 654 citations

Public Health, Computer Science, Misrepresentation +6

How to Do Random Allocation (Randomization)

Jeehyoung Kim, WonShik Shin · Clinics in Orthopedic Surgery · 2014 · 514 citations · Full text

Public Health, Biostatistics, Experimental Design +10

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Kenneth F. Schulz
Family Health International 360, United States
6 publications · 4.1K citations
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David Torgerson
University of York, United Kingdom
6 publications · 485 citations
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Douglas G. Altman
University of Oxford, United Kingdom
4 publications · 3.2K citations
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Asbjørn Hróbjartsson
Cochrane, Denmark
3 publications · 610 citations
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Vance W. Berger
National Cancer Institute, United States
3 publications · 198 citations
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Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
6 publications · 210 citations
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PubMed
Repository · 6 publications · 872 citations
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JAMA
5 publications · 781 citations
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BMJ
5 publications · 2.7K citations
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Controlled Clinical Trials
4 publications · 167 citations
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