| Follow these instructions carefully to avoid contamination and to obtain a representative sample. |
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| A wide blade putty knife is excellent for breaking up the soil and insuring a representative sample. |
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| Let's consider his latest among a representative sample of 2004's notable short story collections. |
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| While focus groups do not provide a representative sample, they do offer a gauge of general attitudes. |
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| A representative sample of Australian sound designs, from both indoor and outdoor sites help to communicate this national practice. |
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| Please be mindful that this is not an exhaustive collection, nor is this a representative sample. |
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| The final selection of student projects for the Archiprix is not a representative sample of what is going on below the surface. |
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| Nor can it be claimed that the participants constitute a statistically representative sample of the industry. |
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| As a result, the dance companies whose data appears here are not a scientifically representative sample of the dance field as a whole. |
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| However, the small set of sites at which the trial was conducted cannot be regarded as a representative sample of all signalised intersections. |
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| The generalizability of the findings would also have been improved with a larger and more representative sample of mothers and children. |
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| Usually, I find it fairly easy to find a representative sample of a photographer's work. |
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| The survey was conducted via telephone, with a nationally representative sample of 1,000 Americans. |
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| By getting e-mail addresses of a representative sample of the electorate, we can invite 50,000 to 100,000 people to participate at once. |
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| It eliminated 21 industry groups that were either too small to provide a representative sample or were of little relevance to most readers. |
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| Getting a representative sample of such a diverse and unconcentrated industry is difficult but essential. |
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| Figure 3 shows the three scatter plots generated for the three replicates of a representative sample. |
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| This would have to be done using a representative sample of the bolts to be installed. |
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| If there are more people in the population than is feasible to survey, then a representative sample has to be drawn from that population. |
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| That nationally representative sample is becoming increasingly elusive though. |
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| The test was taken by a representative sample of 8,000 students in 40 states. |
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| The primary purpose of the Tsolwana Nature Reserve is the conservation of a representative sample of the region's karroid landscapes, habitats, heritage and species. |
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| In generalizing to a population, it is vital that the survey uses a representative sample of the entire population. |
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| I think they're a very good representative sample to pull ideas from and to use as a sounding board. |
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| After the representative sample has been ground and homogenized, it is ready for fast and direct analysis. |
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| The remainder of the sample was calculated methodically in order to obtain a nationally representative sample. |
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| Unfortunately, it is only possible to include a representative sample of what people said. |
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| In truth, though, this is hardly a representative sample, since the exhibitionists taking part are goaded on by the presence of the cameras. |
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| The Court drew a representative sample of 300 EAGGF projects, and classified their location in categories of rurality. |
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| For example, the interviewees are not a representative sample of all CII participants. |
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| Panel: representative sample of individuals or firms polled on a regular basis using the same variables. |
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| Having studied the links between migrant labor and capitalism for decades, Kwong saw Chinatown's workers as merely a representative sample. |
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| A representative sample poll of 4,000 people has a plus or minus one per cent chance of correctly calling the outcome of a national or constituency vote. |
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| A representative sample of this spectacular art collection is exhibited on three floors in 43 galleries, some of which are graced by exquisite stucco ceilings. |
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| No figures are given for the number of individuals interviewed, but instead we are informed that data was taken from a representative sample of 202 companies. |
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| Transects were placed so as to provide a representative sample of the forest as a whole and to examine differences associated with slope position and aspect. |
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| In a good statistical inference, one takes a sufficiently large and representative sample. |
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| Ipsos Mori interviewed a representative sample of 1,019 adults aged 15-plus across Britain. |
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| In this type of survey, questionnaires can be sent to all individual staff members or only to a representative sample. |
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| The interviews were not intended or designed to gather a statistically representative sample of views. |
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| Placers are composed of many sizes of gravel that make a representative sample difficult to obtain. |
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| Partners must measure a representative sample of the configuration as shipped to the customer. |
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| Questionnaires may be sent to all staff or to a representative sample of staff. |
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| The second element is a large scale national survey that will be administered to a representative sample of Canadians across the country. |
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| Samples from each probe should be mixed together with the representative sample taken from this mixture. |
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| It can therefore be considered that one third of those thresholds provides a sufficiently representative sample in order to trigger the admissibility check. |
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| One way of looking at the geography of social capital would be to measure the social capital of a representative sample of individuals within distinct geographical areas and summarise the results for the sample overall. |
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| For example, the court file review sample was not meant to be a representative sample and therefore has limits in terms of generalizing the results to all divorce cases. |
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| During filtration, the pump is moved in the surface water column to a depth of 2 m using a regular to-and-fro motion in order to collect a representative sample of the larvae on the site. |
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| The Office of the Government Commissioner for Public Health published the results of a public opinion poll taken by pollster Marketing Centrum on a nationwide representative sample of 1,200 persons. |
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| This was no representative sample of youth. |
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| Shafer and BYU grad student Todd Jensen analyzed information from a nationally representative sample of 1,088 children in stepfamilies. |
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| If there are concerns that the data are not based on a representative sample, these concerns should be reflected in the interpretation of the survey data. |
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| In this paper, I generate an estimate of the false negative rate for a representative sample of murders in Chicago. |
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| However, the fyke net sets may give a more representative sample because they are passive and do not require a behavioral response to work. |
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| Cytologists and pathologists can only achieve a reliable evaluation of the Pap smear if they are presented with a representative sample of sufficient, good quality cell material from the cervix uteri. |
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| Given the results from the pilot survey combined with the HHRA findings and concerns of the community, an expanded blood lead survey of a representative sample from the other communities within the GBA is warranted. |
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| The researcher divided a representative sample of male and female inhabitants of Ontario with drinking habits into three groups: regular heavy drinkers, occasional heavy drinkers and moderate drinkers. |
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| Members of the group were selected by senior management as being a representative sample of PHAC employees who are considered leaders among their peers and positive team players in their occupational groups. |
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| Anthropometry As described in the Methodology section of this report, a two stage representative sample was drawn to be representative of the population. |
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| This is not a statistically representative sample. |
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| Annual control reports containing results of the systems audits and of the audit of a representative sample of transactions resulting in an annual audit opinion are also required. |
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| The quality evaluation shall be carried out by means of a representative sample in the agreed size grading, taken from the net kilogramme samples following taring. |
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| Most preferably, a representative sample set of univariate time series forecasting methods could be implemented at least for benchmarking purposes alongside with any other forecasting attempt. |
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| For these customs offices, the selection of goods with a view to carrying out physical checks should take account of the fact that the check is being carried out on the basis of a smaller representative sample. |
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| This paper reports the first directly measured data on physical activity and sedentary behaviour on a nationally representative sample of Canadians aged 20 to 79 years. |
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| A representative sample of the finished product often is stored for months for comparison, when complaints are received. |
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| However, what I can say is that the way this study is fashioned is so that a representative sample of Canadians is asked to participate, not people from special interest groups but rather a cross-section of Canadians. |
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| Instead, bond index managers buy a representative sample. |
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| In this case a representative sample can be selected with regard to factors such as size, location and the socioeconomic level of the student body. |
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| A final note is that data comparisons, in order to hold weight, would benefit from significantly larger and more geographically representative sample sizes. |
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| The government of Canada should select a representative sample of the proposals and assess their impact on the plan as a whole and on individual Canadians. |
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