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Definition of Nonevents
1. nonevent [n] - See also: nonevent
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nonevents
Literary usage of Nonevents
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sas/stat 9.1 User's Guide by SAS Institute, Virginia Clark (2004)
"The “Connect” columns list the numbers of subjects that are correctly predicted
as events and nonevents, respectively, and the “Incorrect” columns list the ..."
2. Cholesterol Treatment: A Review of the Clinical Trials Evidence by DIANE Publishing Company (1996)
"It is defined as the odds of events—such as death from coronary heart disease—to
nonevents in the treatment group divided by the odds of events to nonevents ..."
3. The Roswell Report: Fact Vs. Fiction in the New Mexico Desertby Richard L. Weaver by Richard L. Weaver (1997)
"... who would debunk the incident to show that something did not happen; although
logic dictates that bureaucracies do not spend time documenting nonevents. ..."
4. Sustaining the Transition: The Social Safety Net in Postcommunist Europe by Ethan B. Kapstein, Michael Mandelbaum (1997)
"Trends, events, and nonevents in Soviet housing policy are summarized in Gordon B.
Smith, Soviet Politics: Continuity and Contradiction (New York: St. ..."
5. The Responsibility to Protect: Report of the International Commission on by Gareth J. Evans, Mohamed Sahnoun (2001)
"Reward systems in governmental and international agencies are not designed to
recognize "nonevents," such as a ..."
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