limited sample
collocation in Englishmeaningsoflimitedandsample
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limited
adjective
uk/ˈlɪm.ɪ.tɪd/us/ˈlɪm.ɪ.t̬ɪd/
small in amount ...
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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 oflimitedandsamplefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Even in thelimitedsampleof tasks in which above chance performance has been reported, blindsight performance does not equal that of normals.
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This restriction was imposed for all the genes considered, due tolimitedsamplesizes.
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Needless to say, thelimitedsamplesize was a problem in terms of extracting wide conclusions from the work.
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Finally, thelimitedsamplesize constrained our capacity to employ more comprehensive developmental designs.
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To take full advantage of ourlimitedsample, we use a novel method of calculating cell density.
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Given that goal, and as a first step constrained bylimitedsamplesize, paranoia was chosen for analysis.
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However, these results have to be taken with caution, given thelimitedsamplesize of children tested at these age ranges.
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We will assume that in our study (limitedsamplesize, limited number of generations), microsatellite alleles are not affected by mutation.
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Collection of data from peers may also represent a morelimitedsampleof behavior in that it is typically limited to incidents happening during school.
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I use alimitedsampleof 46 documents from the collection for this study.
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These observations are supported by the helminths found in thislimitedsample.
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Our results showed that for alimitedsampleof tropical species such trends were not as clear as expected.
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These imprecise estimates may be due to the relativelylimitedsamplesize of 6,891 patients in the inpatient mortality regressions.
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However, several significant associations were documented, and all of these were in the predicted direction (even despite alimitedsamplesize of 16 isolates).
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Because of thelimitedsamplesizes in this study, analyses of individual results must remain tentative.
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We did not undertake type of maltreatment analyses because of the high co-occurrence of maltreatment subtypes in the present sample and because of thelimitedsamplesize.
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Ficus was excluded from the 'mixtures' analysis due tolimitedsamplesizes.
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For the other species there appeared to be species-specific differences in response to nutrient addition, however significant effects may not have been detected due tolimitedsamplesizes.
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There were several major limitations in our study (including uncertain mechanism of drug action,limitedsampleand center size, and marginal statistical significance), and results should be constructive.
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