a representative sample of the population
1Representative Sample — A subset of a statistical population that accurately reflects the members of the entire population. A representative sample should be an unbiased indication of what the population is like. In a classroom of 30 students in which half the students… …
2representative sample — noun the population is divided into strata and a random sample is taken from each stratum • Syn: ↑stratified sample, ↑proportional sample • Topics: ↑statistics • Hypernyms: ↑sample distribution, ↑sample, ↑ …
3The Natural History of Alcoholism Revisited — Infobox Book name = The Natural History of Alcoholism Revisited title orig = translator = image caption = author = George E. Vaillant illustrator = cover artist = country = United States language = English series = genre = Medical textbook… …
4Population history of Egypt — The land currently known as Egypt has a long and involved population history. This is partly due to its geographical location at the crossroads of several major cultural areas: the Mediterranean, the Middle East, the Sahara and East Africa. In… …
5The Chinese Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study — (CHARLS) is a longitudinal survey being conducted by the China Center for Economic Research at Peking University with Professor Yaohui Zhao of Peking University serving as Principal Investigator and Professors John Strauss of the University of… …
6representative — A person appointed on behalf of another to carry out the acts and formalities required by customs rules. Representatives may be either Direct or Indirect. A representative must state who they are acting on behalf of, specify the type of… …
7representative — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ chief, leading, main ▪ senior ▪ sole ▪ I was the sole representative of the committee …
8sample — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 people in a survey ADJECTIVE ▪ large, small ▪ total ▪ population ▪ national ▪ ran …
9The Bell Curve — For other uses, see Bell curve (disambiguation). The Bell Curve   …
10sample distribution — noun items selected at random from a population and used to test hypotheses about the population • Syn: ↑sample, ↑sampling • Topics: ↑statistics • Hypernyms: ↑distribution, ↑statistical distribution …
