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nonexperimental

  • a word derived from experimental.
    experimental
    adjective
    pertaining to, derived from, or founded on experiment.

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However, genetic epidemiology is still an observational enterprise, subject to the same caveats and challenges facing other forms of nonexperimental research.

From Salon Dec. 12, 2022

“We have remarkably little solid scientific evidence to support its use in nonexperimental settings, that is to say, to support its use beyond research settings.”

From Scientific American Sep. 12, 2013

What's not clear is how much a similar nonexperimental net-zero house would cost.

From Washington Post Feb. 25, 2011

Patients undergoing nonexperimental treatment, they argue, would want to see how well they might do without drugs.

From Time Magazine Archive

Where it consists of modern statements of personal experience, our evidence is often infinitely better than much which is accepted by the nonexperimental psychologist.

From The Making of Religion by Andrew Lang