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proportional sample vs sample

sample vs proportional sample

proportional sample and sample both are nouns.

proportional sample is not a verb while sample is a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
proportional sample Yes No No No
sample Yes No Yes No
As nouns, sample is a hypernym of proportional sample; that is, sample is a word with a broader meaning than proportional sample:
  • proportional sample: the population is divided into strata and a random sample is taken from each stratum
  • sample: items selected at random from a population and used to test hypotheses about the population
Other hypernyms of proportional sample include sample distribution, sampling.
proportional sample (noun) sample (noun)
the population is divided into strata and a random sample is taken from each stratum a small part of something intended as representative of the whole
items selected at random from a population and used to test hypotheses about the population
all or part of a natural object that is collected and preserved as an example of its class
proportional sample (verb) sample (verb)
take a sample of
Difference between proportional sample and sample

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