initial sample
collocation in Englishmeaningsofinitialandsample
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initial
adjective[before noun]
uk/ɪˈnɪʃ.əl/us/ɪˈnɪʃ.əl/
of or at ...
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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 ofinitialandsamplefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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In such systems theinitialsamplewould be prepared and separated by standard electrophoretic or porous membrane techniques.
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The thermal desorption instrument was operated with a split flow during both theinitialsampletube desorption and also during the cold trap desorption.
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Of thisinitialsample, 45 children provided sufficient data for analyses.
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Theinitialsampleconsisted of 1,480 pairs, of which 1,241 responded at least once (84%).
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Indeed, five failed businesses from theinitialsampleof 150 homes were recorded during the course of the study.
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A total of 920 individuals were included in thisinitialsample.
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Theinitialsamplesizes decrease as a result of people who die during the course of the investigation.
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The treatment was effective, and theinitialsamplewas large enough to detect effects of treatment on a variety of outcomes.
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At age 6 years, 62% remained in the clinical range and 100% (all 18 or 6% of theinitialsample) remained above the median.
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Theirinitialsamplewas large (1950 complete pairs) while the number that completed a second wave was much smaller (360 pairs).
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Theinitialsamplesize was 2 mm across and 8 mm along the shock propagation axis.
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Questionnaires were sent to 547 potential participants and 353 were returned: a response rate of 65% (or 56% of theinitialsample).
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Thus, from theinitialsamplethere is a progressive diminution in the representation status of the material throughout the process leading to analysis.
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This is inappropriate, especially given that children haveinitialsampleperiods during which even clear stemchange irregular verbs are not reliably inflected for past meaning.
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All percentages are weighted to reflect theinitialsampleat stage one.
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Initialsamplesizes (number of flowers) were 135, 270, 433 and 73 in each tree in 1991.
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The scale of mortality means thatinitialsamplesizes have to be enormous, if significant results are to be obtained.
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Two-thirds of theinitialsampleof 43 people affirmed that their life story was a coherent one in which past and present were connected.
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Analyses were conducted to determine whether the subsample of 1,478 students who remained in the study over the 2 years differed from theinitialsampleof 2,396.
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