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- adjective Not standing for something else. Opposite of
representative . - adjective Not giving a true representation of the characteristics of a group; -- of a sample or subgroup of a group.
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- adjective Not
representative .
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- adjective not standing for something else
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Examples
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Among other things, that literature has looked at the various methods people are trying to deal with issues such as the nonrepresentative sample, and people are tracking how accurate these polls have been in various contexts.
Obama Camp: Hillary Campaign's Attacking Us Because She's No Longer Frontrunner 2009
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Internet pollsters are well aware that they are starting with nonrepresentative pools.
Obama Camp: Hillary Campaign's Attacking Us Because She's No Longer Frontrunner 2009
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When Greenberg presented negative findings to the ANC, the leaders were so stunned, they accused Greenberg of rigging the poll and using a nonrepresentative sample.
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WSFS has repeatedly tried to position the Hugos as being representative of fandom as a whole, * regardless of the nonrepresentative nature of its membership.
Science Fiction Awards Watch » Blog Archive » Hugo Cost Vote Closed 2007
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As I noted before, what they actually do is try to compensate for their nonrepresentative sample before arriving at final numbers.
Obama Camp: Hillary Campaign's Attacking Us Because She's No Longer Frontrunner 2009
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Again, everyone knows Zogby started with a nonrepresentative sample, including Zogby.
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Again, the more obvious point is that often the primary voters will favor someone who is LESS popular among the general electorate, precisely because primary voters are a nonrepresentative subset of that general electorate.
Obama: Being Wife Of President Does Not Constitute Experience 2009
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Again, everyone knows Zogby started with a nonrepresentative sample, including Zogby.
Election Central | Talking Points Memo | Bill Clinton: I Opposed Iraq War From The Beginning 2009
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Racially, Iowa is indeed nonrepresentative of the U.S.
Dan Brown: You and I Don't Care Who Wins the Iowa Caucuses 2008
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Samuel Isaacharoff, an election law professor at New York University, observed, "just as nonrepresentative as Iowa is of the country, Iowa caucusgoers are nonrepresentative of Iowa as a whole."
Dan Brown: You and I Don't Care Who Wins the Iowa Caucuses 2008
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