random sampling

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For example, when studying age-related brain changes, including more participants at both younger and older age ranges produces more reliable findings than random sampling or concentrating on middle-aged participants.

From Science Daily • Nov. 27, 2024

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

The data McCarthy used comes from the Healthy Kids Colorado Study, a survey conducted every two years with a random sampling of 41,000 students in middle and high school.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 27, 2023

Watch this animation of random sampling and genetic drift in action:

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

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