random sampling
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- noun
- Specialized
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muestreo aleatorio
- For the selection of 330 respondent farmers from the district, a multistage random sampling technique was used.
- stratified random sampling
- random sampling technique
- random sampling procedure
So through that kind of random sampling you can achieve decentralization, you can achieve.
- So through that kind of random sampling you can achieve decentralization, you can achieve.
- They did a quick sent not all of but like a random sampling.
- So that that is an example of the same principle that was used in studying random sampling.
Examples
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Participants were drawn from senior secondary school students in public schools through a stratified random sampling technique.
Academic text (2006) -
The survey method was adopted, and the simple random sampling technique was used to select the sample size.
Academic text (2018) -
For their selection, a random sampling technique has been employed.
Academic text (2018) -
A control group of another 50 households was chosen by a random sampling procedure.
Academic text (2004) -
Accordingly, we have only reported the data obtained with the random sampling method.
Academic text (1995) -
From each school, a simple random sampling technique was used to select twenty teachers.
Academic text (2006) -
In the second stage, random sampling was applied to select households with equal probability for interview.
Academic text (2018) -
The NSSO covers the whole population through a random sampling method.
Academic text (2018) -
Because of the nature of the random sampling procedure, no household substitution was allowed.
Academic text (2006) -
The researchers used random sampling to ensure that every participant had an equal chance of being included in the study.
Synonyms
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To make groups and choices so people and items have an equal chance and test results are fair
Antonyms
How Random
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'selecting a sample so every member has an equal chance' is directly and predictably built from 'random' (without plan/chance-based) + 'sampling' (the act of selecting a sample). This is a straightforward compositional noun phrase found across languages and not idiomatic, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents should be able to infer the meaning.
Etymology
The term random sampling may come from the simple image of drawing names from a hat or numbers in a lottery: random means 'no pattern' and sampling means taking a small part. That's why random sampling is used to give everyone an 'equal chance' and to make results more 'fair'.