Definition of Representative sampling

1. Noun. The population is divided into subpopulations (strata) and random samples are taken of each stratum.

Exact synonyms: Proportional Sampling, Stratified Sampling
Generic synonyms: Sampling

Lexicographical Neighbors of Representative Sampling

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representative sampling (current term)
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Literary usage of Representative sampling

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Field Work and Social Research by Francis Stuart Chapin (1920)
"EXAMPLES OF representative sampling The foregoing description of survey methods has emphasized the phases of preliminary organization and scope of the ..."

2. Field Work and Social Research by Francis Stuart Chapin (1920)
"It will be convenient to lead up to our discussion of the theory of random and representative sampling by examining a few instances of systematic effort to ..."

3. Sensor Systems for Biological Agent Attacks: Protecting Buildings And by Bmed, National Research Council (U.S.), ebrary, Inc (2005)
"5 This methodology is single-point representative sampling, whereby a sample is extracted at a location in the duct where both fluid momentum and ..."

4. Managing Small-Scale Fisheries: Alternative Directions and Methods by Fikret Berkes (2001)
"Purposive, representative sampling is a technique used when financial and temporal ... Given these caveats, the purposive, representative sampling procedure ..."

5. Food Safety: Changes Needed to Minimize Unsafe Chemicals in Food by DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"The results of end-product testing can be extrapolated to the total food supply only if statistically representative sampling is conducted. ..."

6. Environmental Enforcement: Ensuring the Accuracy of Self-Reported Compliance by DIANE Publishing Company (1994)
"... representative sampling and then oversee the collection and analysis of samples at facilities and laboratories through inspections, tests, and reviews. ..."

7. A Study of Occupations in the Cloak, Suit, and Skirt Industry of Greater New by William Thomas Bawden (1914)
"It is believed that the conditions under which this work was done insure a random and fairly representative sampling. These conditions may be outlined as ..."

8. Code of Federal Regulations: Food and Drugs by Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Staff (2005)
"... the invitations will be extended to a representative sampling of the public, including consumer groups, industry associations, professional societies, ..."

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