noun · academic
randomness
/ˈrændəmnəs/RAN·dom·ness
Band 6-7task2speaking
the quality or state of being random or unpredictable
Examples
“Researchers must account for randomness when designing experiments.”
“The apparent randomness in urban development often masks underlying policies.”
“In essays, you can argue that randomness affects social outcomes as much as policy does.”
Band 8 sentence
“When evaluating social experiments, accounting for randomness in samples is essential to avoid misleading conclusions.”
Collocations
- account for randomness
- apparent randomness
- introduce randomness
Word family
random adjectiverandomly adverbrandomness noun
Common mistakes
using 'random' when noun 'randomness' is needed→randomness
Say it for a higher band
5chance→6random→7+randomness
Synonyms
chance
uncertainty
Easily confused
chance
“There is a chance of rain tomorrow.”
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