selected sample

collocation in English

meaningsofselectandsample

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select
adjective
uk
/sɪˈlekt/
us
/səˈlekt/
of only the best type or highest quality, and usually small in size ...
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sample
noun[C]
uk
/ˈsɑːm.pəl/
us
/ˈsæm.pəl/
a small amount of something that shows you what the rest is or should ...
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(Definition ofselectandsamplefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Therefore, the simulation sample is aselectedsampleof mid-career and older workers.
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The study surveyed aselectedsampleof 414 boys and 463 girls.
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Unfortunately, due to the relatively small number of fathers living in the home in ourselectedsample, we were unable to examine father - child conflict.
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This method ensures sufficient variation across those four parameters in theselectedsample.
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The study used a two-phase sampling procedure : a firstphase screening followed by a second-phase standardized in-person interview of aselectedsample.
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So we cannot expect population utility on the basis of results from a highlyselectedsample.
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The so-called demographic corpus was gathered by having a demographicallyselectedsampleof speakers record their everyday conversations over the period of a week.
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National-level statistics on agricultural population per hectare of arable land are used as a crude indicator of the supply conditions in agricultural labor markets for aselectedsampleof countries.
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From this procedure aselectedsampleof 50 young people were approached by letter to participate in the study.
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It estimates compliance, for both individuals and businesses based on tax audit results of a large randomlyselectedsamplefrom tax returns.
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This study concentrated on a highlyselectedsample.
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We were able to recruit over 90 % of theselectedsample.
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Of the 200selectedsampleareas, 196 were considered of which 116 were rural and 80 urban.
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This would require locally based survey work, preferably with a randomlyselectedsampleof the general population.
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This is the so-called 'selectedsample'.
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Clearly, theselectedsamplesize is inadequate to obtain the desired reliability.
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A second coder coded a randomlyselectedsampleof tokens (n=150, 30.9% of the data).
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