| haphazard | Lacking any coherent system, organization, or objective; not to be confused with random or chaotic. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| haphazard sampling | The assembly of data in an unprescribed and undefined fashion that allows no sound scientific inferences other than establishing the existence of types. (Finding even one unicorn in such a set would establish that unicorns can exist, but no inference about their prevalence could be made from it.) Cf.: random sample. (05 Mar 2000) |