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What is the purpose of randomly assigning the cases to the levels of an explanatory variable?.

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Answer:By randomly assigning cases to different conditions, a causal conclusion can be made; in other words, we can say that differences in the response variable are caused by differences in the explanatory variable. Without randomization, an association can be noted, but a causal conclusion cannot be made.

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