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sample vs proportional sample

proportional sample vs sample

sample and proportional sample both are nouns.

sample is a verb but proportional sample is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
sample Yes No Yes No
proportional sample Yes No No No
As nouns, proportional sample is a hyponym of sample; that is, proportional sample is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than sample:
  • sample: items selected at random from a population and used to test hypotheses about the population
  • proportional sample: the population is divided into strata and a random sample is taken from each stratum
sample (noun) proportional sample (noun)
a small part of something intended as representative of the whole the population is divided into strata and a random sample is taken from each stratum
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
sample (verb) proportional sample (verb)
take a sample of
Difference between sample and proportional sample

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