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
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
Number each cluster, and then choose four different numbers using random sampling.
From Textbooks • Mar. 27, 2020
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.
