nonrandom
Americanadjective
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not random; showing pattern, regularity, choice, purpose, etc.
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Statistics. made up of or coming from a set whose members did not have equal chances of being selected, such as a set selected according to the convenience or bias of the researcher or on a volunteer basis.
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I am a nonrandom sample of one, and the colonoscopy was normal.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 10, 2024
Einstein, too, believed that specific causes must have specific, nonrandom effects, and he doubted the existence of free will.
From Scientific American • Mar. 10, 2022
Who, exactly, is the designer, and what evidence is there that this designer makes nonrandom mutations?
From Washington Post • Mar. 8, 2019
Can we screen out all of the nonrandom differences between states and cities that might influence their local minimum wage laws?
From Slate • Apr. 22, 2015
Convenience sampling is a nonrandom method of choosing a sample that often produces biased data.
From Textbooks • Sep. 19, 2013
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