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subpopulation

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subpopulation [¦səb‚päp·yə′lā·shən]
(statistics)
A subset of population. Also known as stratum.


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The first step in understanding the factors most important in retention at a school is to examine retention rates by subpopulation for cohorts of entering students.
Serum samples were taken in 2003 from 7,284 participants; a second sample was taken 12 months later from a subpopulation of 3,431 of these persons (Table 1).
Moreover, greater scrutiny of this subpopulation can inform early intervention programming which diverts work-capable applicants from enrolling in the first place.
 
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