. We use the permuted block randomization method to balance the number of detected samples. For this purpose, we use the site https://www.sealedenvelope.com/simple-randomiser/v1/lists for block randomization and get the following results:
Your list
Seed: 500000000000000000
Block sizes: 4
Actual list length: 52
block identifier, block size, sequence within block, treatment
• 1, 4, 1, Group A
• 1, 4, 2, Group B
• 1, 4, 3, Group B
• 1, 4, 4, Group A
• 2, 4, 1, Group A
• 2, 4, 2, Group A
• 2, 4, 3, Group B
• 2, 4, 4, Group B
• 3, 4, 1, Group B
• 3, 4, 2, Group A
• 3, 4, 3, Group A
• 3, 4, 4, Group B
• 4, 4, 1, Group A
• 4, 4, 2, Group B
• 4, 4, 3, Group B
• 4, 4, 4, Group A
• 5, 4, 1, Group B
• 5, 4, 2, Group A
• 5, 4, 3, Group B
• 5, 4, 4, Group A
• 6, 4, 1, Group A
• 6, 4, 2, Group A
• 6, 4, 3, Group B
• 6, 4, 4, Group B
• 7, 4, 1, Group A
• 7, 4, 2, Group B
• 7, 4, 3, Group A
• 7, 4, 4, Group B
• 8, 4, 1, Group A
• 8, 4, 2, Group B
• 8, 4, 3, Group A
• 8, 4, 4, Group B
• 9, 4, 1, Group A
• 9, 4, 2, Group B
• 9, 4, 3, Group A
• 9, 4, 4, Group B
• 10, 4, 1, Group B
• 10, 4, 2, Group B
• 10, 4, 3, Group A
• 10, 4, 4, Group A
• 11, 4, 1, Group A
• 11, 4, 2, Group A
• 11, 4, 3, Group B
• 11, 4, 4, Group B
• 12, 4, 1, Group A
• 12, 4, 2, Group B
• 12, 4, 3, Group A
• 12, 4, 4, Group B
• 13, 4, 1, Group B
• 13, 4, 2, Group B
• 13, 4, 3, Group A
• 13, 4, 4, Group A
And then we can use coin toss to choose between A and B. Also, a questionnaire has been designed to record information, which includes three parts before the operation, during the operation and after the operation, which are included in the appendices.