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random sampling

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Noun1.random sampling - the selection of a random sample; each element of the population has an equal chance of been selected
sampling - (statistics) the selection of a suitable sample for study
lucky dip - a selection or decision purely at random; "their system of hiring people seemed to be a sort of lucky dip"


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a random sampling of 302 owners and executives of American businesses with fewer than 20 employees.
He derives a lower bound such that if the random sampling rate is lower than this bound, reconstruction schemes are not reliable.
Statistical research cited by the Elections Division has concluded that for each invalid signature found in a random sampling, 20 more signatures are similarly unacceptable.
 
 
 
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