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representative and sample
Provided the sample size is adequate, the risks associated with random allocation ( such as failing to obtain a representative sample in a survey, or having a serious imbalance in a key characteristic between a treatment group and a control group ) are calculable and hence can be managed down to an acceptable level.
When people are asked to make up a random-looking sequence of coin tosses, they tend to make sequences where the proportion of heads to tails stays closer to 0. 5 in any short segment than would be predicted by chance ( insensitivity to sample size ); Kahneman and Tversky interpret this to mean that people believe short sequences of random events should be representative of longer ones.
When an IQ test is constructed, a standardization sample representative of the general population takes the test.
While some individuals might deliberately use a biased sample to produce misleading results, more often, a biased sample is just a reflection of the difficulty in obtaining a truly representative sample.
Survey research was then in its infancy, and few academics realized that a sample of telephone users was not representative of the general population.
If entire segments of the population are excluded from a sample, then there are no adjustments that can produce estimates that are representative of the entire population.
* Crystallography is an unambiguous method for determining molecular geometry, the proviso being that single crystals of the material must be available and the crystal must be representative of the sample.
The Shidlo-Schroeder recruitment poster is available at NARTH online, stating that the study's authors did not seek to measure the average outcome of conversion therapy, although their study has often been used by activists as if it had, in fact, sought a representative sample ; the lack of a representative sample therefore makes the 80 % failure rate, cited above in this same paragraph, a meaningless number.
The term Rosetta stone has been used idiomatically to represent a crucial key to the process of decryption of encoded information, especially when a small but representative sample is recognized as the clue to understanding a larger whole.
# Since usability is related to the specific set of users, such a small sample size is unlikely to be representative of the total population so the data from such a small sample is more likely to reflect the sample group than the population they may represent
The Japanese government sponsored Institute of Cetacean Research ( ICR ), which conducts the research, disagrees, stating that the information obtainable from tissue and / or faeces samples is insufficient and that the sample size is necessary in order to be representative.
There are many different types of computer simulation, the common feature they all share is the attempt to generate a sample of representative scenarios for a model in which a complete enumeration of all possible states would be prohibitive or impossible.
A 2010 Scottish Government study of " public attitudes towards the Scots language " found that 64 % of respondents ( around 1, 000 individuals being a representative sample of Scotland's adult population ) " don't really think of Scots as a language ", but it also found that " the most frequent speakers are least likely to agree that it is not a language ( 58 %) and those never speaking Scots most likely to do so ( 72 %)".
A further reason for obtaining a flat and representative sample surface is that the secondary X-rays from lighter elements often only emit from the top few micrometres of the sample.
For the system to respect the principle of political equality, either everyone needs to be involved or there needs to be a representative random sample of people chosen to take part in the discussion.
Teeth also preserve better than bone, and so the sample of teeth available to archaeologists is much more extensive and therefore more representative.

representative and shop
When a representative of the Society of Silent Flower Observers of Southern California comes to the shop to check out the plant, she announces that Seymour will soon receive a trophy from them and that she will return when the plant's buds open.
The daughter of a Russian Jew, Eli Olschanezky, a chemical engineer who worked as a sales representative for a manufacturer of ladies ' stockings, she was seven years old when the family moved to Paris, France and her father opened a lingerie shop there.
Larger and better equipped fixed-base operators may additionally offer food vending / restaurant facilities, ground transportation arrangement ( car lending, taxi / limousine, shuttle van, on-site car rental ), flight planning and weather information areas ( computer or telephone based ), pilot / crew rest lounges & showers, aviation supplies shop ( selling navigation charts, manuals, or in-flight comfort items ), access to in-flight catering, and accommodations reservations / concierge services for both crew and passengers through a customer services representative ( CSR ).
Open shop is where a factory, office, or other business establishment in which a union, chosen by a majority of the employees, acts as representative of all the employees in making agreements with the employer, but in which union membership is not a condition of employment.
The film was funded with the proceeds of a sale of a wooden figurine of Henry Ward Beecher, which Leyda had originally found in a junk shop, to a representative of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller.
Starting out as a shop steward, she became the union's representative on various labour bodies.

representative and services
The representative of the French central state in New Caledonia is the High Commissioner of the Republic ( Haut-Commissaire de la République, locally known as " haussaire "), who is the head of civil services, and who sits in the government of the territory.
Gregory was also asked by emperor Louis ’ s representative, Amalarius of Metz, to provide an Antiphonary for use at church services at Metz, to which Gregory was forced to admit that he had none suitable for the emperor, as he had already given a number to Wala of Corbie, which he had already taken to Francia.
In 1988, town residents voted in a referendum to de-annex a parcel of land containing three large apartment buildings under construction, to avoid having the town council and services shift from representing the single-family homeowners to becoming representative of a condo community.
The Township is governed by the Council-Manager system, a representative form of government in which the 7 elected officials set policy for the Township and the Manager oversees the delivery of all public services and programs.
:" an individual who obtains, from a financial institution, financial products or services which are to be used primarily for personal, family, or household purposes, and also means the legal representative of such an individual.
The Mount Allison Students ' Union acts as both a representative governing body and provides students with services.
Also, Hara was the first civilian in Japanese history to become the administrative chief of any of the armed services, when he temporarily took charge of the Navy Ministry, in absence of the Navy Minister, Admiral Katō Tomosaburō, who was serving as the Japanese representative at the Washington Naval Conference.
He is also responsible, as the representative of the Administration and Works Committee, for more important services ; the black rod is used to tap the governor's shoulder as a blessing from the Queen and security of the Palace of Westminster.
Corona del Mar has no locally administered municipal government, but receives all municipal level services from the City of Newport Beach, and has a representative to the Newport Beach City Council.
LUSA acts as a representative for students on university policy, as well as providing advocacy services to students and running campus events such as the annual Garden Party and O-Week.
This type of program usually features light talk designed to draw in mainly a stay-at-home female audience, followed by presentation of products, services, and packages by local businesses ; for example, a basement waterproofing system might be discussed by the representative of a company in that business with the hosts, along with perhaps a special offer for viewers.
Watson secured $ 20, 000 and the services of a GOP field representative in what he termed " quite a contrast " to his treatment from House Democrats.
Al-Gamei ' a had served as head of the Islamic Cultural Center of New York and as Al-Azhar University's representative to the United States and frequently participated in interreligious services.
" Chicago feels a special interest in Mr. Lowell at this particular time because he is perhaps the foremost representative of the enterprising and opulent community which within the last week has secured the services of one of Chicago ’ s honored sons for the base-ball season of 1887 ," Field wrote.
As a result, services provided by forensic anthropologists in British Columbia, at the least, are not yet representative of the governmental agencies such as the Office of the Chief Coroner.
Apart from their role as organizational units in certain aspects of the administration of public services and justice, the chief purpose of the cantons today is to serve as constituencies for the election of the members of the representative assembly ( General Council ) in each department.
It is the representative body of undergraduates and has two seats on the College Council and Governing Body of the College, but it also offers its members a range of services and entertainments.
As the Prince's representative, the Minister of State also directs the executive services, commands the Police, and presides ( with voting powers ) over the Council of Government.
Davis also serves as the Mavericks ' player development coach and a community services representative for the team.
Ideologically, McLean was a representative of the Progressive Conservative Party's right wing, and had difficulty accepting some of Dufferin Roblin's more innovative policies ( for instance, " shared services " for separate schools ).
The objective of Round Table was to have a National Postal Policy which reflects the views of the broadest possible range of Postal stakeholders, the participants at the Round Table included stakeholders from Government, Operator ` s representative Associations, think tanks academia, users of postal & communication services, Banks, Regulators, transporters and stakeholders in international business.
The most common example of a tour operator's product would be a flight on a charter airline plus a transfer from the airport to a hotel and the services of a local representative, all for one price.

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