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What is a Randomization Test?

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Yao Zhang
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Qingyuan Zhao *
DOI:10.1080/01621459.2023.2199814delete
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The meaning of randomization tests has become obscure in statistics education and practice over the last century. This article makes a fresh attempt at rectifying this core concept of statistics. A new term-quasi-randomization test-is introduced to define significance tests based on theoretical models and distinguish these tests from the randomization tests based on the physical act of randomization. The practical importance of this distinction is illustrated through a real stepped-wedge cluster-randomized trial. Building on the recent literature on randomization inference, a general framework of conditional randomization tests is developed and some practical methods to construct conditioning events are given. The proposed terminology and framework are then applied to understand several widely used (quasi-)randomization tests, including Fisher's exact test, permutation tests for treatment effect, quasi-randomization tests for independence and conditional independence, adaptive randomization, and conformal prediction. for this article are available online.
Keywords:
Causal Inference
Cluster randomized trial
Conditioning
Permutation tests
Quasi-experiment

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Journal of the American Statistical Association
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Stanford University
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University of Cambridge
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