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A statistical term that denotes accuracy by chance or without attention to selection or planning.<\/p>\n

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A statistical term used in sampling which means that every “element” or “event” in the whole “universe” being sampled has an equal chance of being “drawn.” If a hospital wants to know how well patients like the food, for example, the universe could be all the patients who have been eating it; a random sample would mean that each eater had an equal likelihood of being questioned.<\/p>\n

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Without order; unpredictable; unintentionally complex.<\/p>\n

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