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sample
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sample [′sam·pəl]
(science and technology)
Representative fraction of material tested or analyzed in order to determine the nature, composition, and percentage of specified constituents, and possibly their reactivity.
(statistics)
A selection of a certain collection from a larger collection.

sample
A small specimen of material, or a single unit of many such items to be furnished, which is in conformity with the requirements for the specifications; furnished for review and approval; establishes standards by which work will be judged.

(digital signal processing)sample - The result of measuring the amplitude of an analog signal at a specified time. In digital signal processing a sample is a signed or unsigned number and the number of samples per second is called the sample rate.


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A simple random sample (using an electronic random number table; Urbaniak and Pious, 2007) was drawn for each population year from both counties' juvenile probation populations--youths who had been adjudicated delinquent during that calendar year and chosen for the study did not include youths transferred to criminal (adult) court.
The following abridged version of one asynchronous discussion thread involving the interpretation of the definition of simple random sample (SRS) demonstrates the power of the withhold intervention.
 
 
 
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