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randomista

noun

Etymology

From random + -ista.

  1. derived from *h₃er-✻
  2. derived from *randijō✻
  3. derived from rend — “a run, race”
  4. derived from *randiju✻ — “a run, race”
  5. derived from randon
  6. inherited from randoun
  7. suffixed as randomista — “random + ista”

Definitions

  1. A proponent of randomized trials as the optimal form of research.

    • He is against “one-size-fits-all” policy rules and favors experimentation, but he is skeptical of the experimental claims by the “randomistas.”
    • 'If we don't know whether we are doing any good, then we are not any better than the medieval doctors and their leeches,' says Esther Duflo, a leading randomista.

The neighborhood

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