nonrandom
See also: non-random
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈnɑnɹændəm/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈnɒnɹændəm/
Adjective
[edit]nonrandom (not comparable)
- Not random; caused or manipulated; arranged.
- The apparent accident was a nonrandom event: someone carefully arranged it to happen when and where it did.
- 1956, Geological Survey Professional Paper, Volume 300[1], U.S. Government Printing Office, page 77:
- The evidence presented indicates that the regional variations in uranium content in rhyolitic and dacitic rocks are nonrandom in nature.
- 1958, Agricultural Economics Research, Volumes 10-12[2], U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economics, Statistics, and Cooperatives Service, page 45:
- As an example of the method, table 1 summarizes the computations used in estimating the variance of the random component of early fall lettuce yields in California for the years 1918–57. The question is: Beginning with which difference is it reasonably certain that the nonrandom element has been eliminated, leaving an estimate of the random variance?
- 1969, United States Congress, Congressional Record[3], Washington, Congress, page 11565:
- Confidence intervals can be used to isolate areas of discrepancies if bias exist as being a result of either a 'nonrandom selection technique or a non-representative selection list.
- 2000, United States Bureau of Biological Survey, United States Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, North American Fauna[5], Washington, Fish and Wildlife Service, Superintendent of Documents, U. S. Government Print Office, page 22:
- However, it should be noted that theoretically, the apparent nonrandom distance of the dispersal has evolved because of its advantage to the species.