NOUN | cognition | proportional sample, stratified sample, representative sample | the population is divided into strata and a random sample is taken from each stratum |
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Meaning | The population is divided into strata and a random sample is taken from each stratum. | |
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Synonyms | stratified sample, representative sample | |
Category | statistics | A branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters |
Broader | sample distribution, sample, sampling | items selected at random from a population and used to test hypotheses about the population |
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