Word: randomly
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...addition to the nationwide head count covering the nation's 11 million "blocks," workers take another survey of 11,800 blocks, selected at random. When comparisons between the two counts of that sample turn up discrepancies, the bureau tallies them up, produces a statistical model, and applies that model to the rest of the country, theoretically producing a more accurate total count...
...just get these random checks from MacGray every two to three months, and then we throw a big party," he says...
...were to ban a brief, spontaneous gathering of final club members, then I might also ban any random, spontaneous gathering of students I see on campus," wrote David P. Illingworth '71, associate dean of the College, in an e-mail message. "Such regulatory behavior on my part would be ridiculous and outrageous...
Calling this year's results a "random fluctuation," Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis '68 attributes Harvard's non-showing to an unavoidable statistical aberration that was bound to happen one year or another. Elliot F. Gerson '74, American Secretary of the Rhodes Scholarship Trust, deems it an "inevitable" event into which no "great significance" should be read. While chance no doubt played a part in Harvard's poor showing, I would add to that an entirely non-random factor...
...good news is that this can be easily fixed by the powers that be, who in this case happen to be Dean Lewis. The most ideal solution is simply to endorse all nominally qualified applicants. With the notoriously intense Rhodes interview process, which while not random is certainly a hit or miss experience, it is in Harvard's best interest to field as many candidates as possible. When those tossing the questions are so unpredictable, it's best to give everyone the chance to hit a home run. If Harvard wishes to continue restricting the number of candidates it endorses...