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• random sample — UK US noun [C] ► MARKETING a group of people, data, etc. that is chosen from a larger group without using any system, plan, or rule: »The survey interviewed a random sample of 850 adults. random sampling noun [C or U] ► »Fraud is kept down by… …   Financial and business terms

• Random sample — A sample is a subject chosen from a population for investigation. A random sample is one chosen by a method involving an unpredictable component. Random sampling can also refer to taking a number of independent observations from the same… …   Wikipedia

• random — ran‧dom [ˈrændəm] adjective 1. random sample/​ check/​test etc a sample, check etc in which things or people are chosen without any particular reason or pattern so that they will include a typical mixture of the larger group they represent: • The …   Financial and business terms

• random sampling — random sample UK US noun [C] ► MARKETING a group of people, data, etc. that is chosen from a larger group without using any system, plan, or rule: »The survey interviewed a random sample of 850 adults. random sampling noun [C or U] ► »Fraud is… …   Financial and business terms

• Survey methodology — Sociology …   Wikipedia

• sample — ▪ I. sample sam‧ple 1 [ˈsɑːmpl ǁ ˈsæm ] noun [countable] 1. a number of people or things chosen from a large group to take part in studies that provide information about the whole group: sample of • Of a sample of executives in 600 companies,… …   Financial and business terms

• Survey of Consumer Finances — The Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF) is a triennial survey of the balance sheet, pension, income, and other demographic characteristics of U.S. families. The survey also gathers information on the use of financial institutions. The study is… …   Wikipedia

• Sample size — The sample size of a statistical sample is the number of observations that constitute it. It is typically denoted n , a positive integer (natural number).Typically, all else being equal, a larger sample size leads to increased precision in… …   Wikipedia

• sample — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 people in a survey ADJECTIVE ▪ large, small ▪ total ▪ population ▪ national ▪ ran …   Collocations dictionary

• random — [[t]ræ̱ndəm[/t]] 1) ADJ: usu ADJ n A random sample or method is one in which all the people or things involved have an equal chance of being chosen. The survey used a random sample of two thousand people across England and Wales... The… …   English dictionary

• random — 01. Student pairs are chosen at [random] for the speaking test at the end of each session of the English Language Program. 02. Olympic athletes are subject to [random] drug testing. 03. Several people put their names forward to work on the… …   Grammatical examples in English