nonrandomness
noun[U]
(alsonon-randomness)uk/ˌnɒnˈræn.dəm.nəs/us/ˌnɑːnˈræn.dəm.nəs/thequalityofhappeningaccordingto aplanorsystem,ratherthan bychance:
Mostlivingsystemsdisplaynon-randomness.
Researchers havetendedtoignoretheissueof non-randomness ineducationalachievement.
- Two differentmechanismsmaydeterminethe nonrandomness that weobserve.
- They weremistakentothinkthat the non-randomness in thesystemwasintentional.
- Cows areknowntoselectthe morepalatablegrassesforgrazing, which mightintroduceanelementof non-randomness into thedata.
- Thissimpleprinciplecan be used togeneratenon-randomness.
Chance and randomness
- accident
- aleatory
- arbitrarily
- arbitrariness
- arbitrary
- even-money
- fluke
- fluky
- fortuitous
- fortuitously
- long shot
- luck
- luck intosomething
- more by accident than designidiom
- more by luck than judgmentidiom
- randomized
- randomly
- randomness
- serendipitous
- stumble intosomething