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nonconcurrent

nonconcurrent

8.1
Happening at a different time than something else
  • adjective
  • /ˌnɒnkənˈkʌrənt/
translation icon : no concurrente
  • In a nonconcurrent study, the first group was tested while the second group participated later.
  • nonconcurrent multiple
  • nonconcurrent multiple baseline
  • nonconcurrent baseline design

Examples

  • The test-drive procedure was evaluated using a nonconcurrent multiple baseline design.

    Academic text (2012)
  • A combined concurrent and nonconcurrent multiple baseline across students design (Kennedy & Thompson, in press) was used to analyze the degree to which the person-centered planning and functional assessment-derived positive behavior support intervention altered the dependent variables previously described.

    Academic text (2001)
  • First, because participants were recruited through teacher referral, a nonconcurrent multiple baseline design was used.

    Academic text (2012)
  • First, the nonconcurrent MB design is cited in most single-case design texts with reservations.

    Academic text (2014)
  • However, the nonconcurrent MB design can adequately address most threats to internal validity, including those associated with history, as long as instrumentation, conditions, observer accuracy, and stimuli remain as close to constant as possible (Christ, 2007).

    Academic text (2014)
  • The data from nonconcurrent trials suggest that outcomes can vary significantly over time.

  • The teacher used a nonconcurrent approach, allowing different classes to complete their projects at separate times.

Synonyms

unsynchronous
vsnonconcurrent
8.8

Happening at different times, not at the same time

is identical in meaning but does not mention happening explicitly
nonsynchronous
vsnonconcurrent
7.9

Happening at a different time from something else

emphasizes simple time mismatch rather than absence of coordinated functioning

Antonyms

21 6.6

Happening at the same time as another thing

How Concurrent

simultaneous
47 4.4
concurrent
21 6.6
overlapping
5 3.5
nonconcurrent
8.1
separate
829 2.1

Surface Forms

nonconcurrent positive

Morphology

nonconcurrent = concurrent (transparent) = non + concurrent

The negative prefix 'non-' straightforwardly negates the adjective 'concurrent', so the meaning is directly derived.

Etymology

Nonconcurrent comes from non- 'not' plus concurrent, which comes from a root meaning 'run' or 'flow', like the everyday word current. So nonconcurrent describes things that do 'not' happen 'together' — they do not occur at the same time.