Single word for random selection
I want a word that means "Selected from the pool/set" - randomness is implied but not necessary. What is a good word for this?
It would be used in a sentence like:
The parameter is selected from the set and used in the experiment.
I want one phrase for selected from the set so that it can be used to form a terminology.
Solution 1:
You could say:
A parameter is drawn and used in the experiment.
The definition for this use of draw is "to hold a drawing, lottery, or the like: to draw for prizes." The connotation is that a drawing is a random picking of the "winner." I think I would change the article from The (definite article) to A (indefinite article), though. Also, it needs to be clear from what preceded this sentence that there was a set from which this particular parameter was drawn.
Solution 2:
We select an arbitrary parameter from the set.
Solution 3:
"random" is the appropriate and usual term.
If you must use another, blind can be an alternative, which is also technically recognized and applied, as in blind study.