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71Numbers needed to treat — Die Anzahl der notwendigen Behandlungen (en. number needed to treat NNT) ist eine statistische Maßzahl, die angibt, wie viele Patienten pro Zeiteinheit (z. B. 1 Jahr) mit der Testsubstanz oder Testmethode behandelt werden müssen, um das… …
72numbers game — 1) N SING (disapproval) If you say that someone is playing the numbers game, you think that they are concentrating on the aspects of something which can be expressed in statistics, usually in order to mislead people. Regrettably, he resorts to… …
73numbers game — noun 1》 often derogatory the use or manipulation of statistics or figures. 2》 (also numbers racket) N. Amer. a lottery based on the occurrence of unpredictable numbers in the results of races, a lottery, etc …
74numbers juggling — noun The act of juggling large numbers of props as oppose to a smaller number of props with longer and/or more varied patterns …
75Numbers, Book of — The fourth of the books of the Pentateuch, called in the Hebrew be midbar, i.e., in the wilderness. In the LXX. version it is called Numbers, and this name is now the usual title of the book. It is so called because it contains a record of the …
76Numbers, book of — The fourth book in the OT; the title derives from the census (1:1–46). The literary sources J, E, and P are all found in Num., and behind them were numerous local traditions which they assimilated. Probably the book as finally edited has… …
77numbers in text — For more than a 1,000 years, the Venetians have laboured to preserve the delicate balance of their watery domain (Independent); Fugly has become the most impounded mutt in Australia with over a 100 convictions (Independent). When numbers to a …
78numbers game — UK / US noun [singular] 1) a situation in which decisions are based on points or numbers, not on other qualities that may be more important 2) a lottery, especially one organized illegally …
79numbers pool — num′bers pool n. 1) gam Also called numbersnum′bers game , num′bers rack et. a lottery in which bets are made on numbers that appear in a regularly published listing or tabulation. 2) gam policy II, 2) …
80numbers pool — Same as numbers game …
