random sampling
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Pollsters usually attempt to obtain a representative sample through random sampling, where everyone has an equal chance of selection.
From New York Times • Apr. 13, 2024
If random sampling is possible, then correlation between individuals within clusters reduces the effective population size, which suggests biologists could collect fewer samples to predict disease prevalence.
From Science Daily • Dec. 18, 2023
“What we are seeing is more visits from AHCA, and they want to look at every patient file. They used to do a random sampling but now they want every single record,” Gallagher said.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 9, 2023
Background: When much of a population is suddenly wiped out by an earthquake or hurricane, the individuals that survive the event are usually a random sampling of the original group.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
Nothing that doesn’t look like a random sampling from the Housewares Department of the Eaton’s Catalogue.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
