- quota sample
- a convenience sample that is adjusted to ensure that certain subgroups are not underrepresented.
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quota sample
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quota sample — ➔ sample1 * * * quota sample UK US noun [C] MARKETING ► a small number of people that accurately represent a larger group in age, sex, race, etc. and are used to find out information about the larger group: »The survey was conducted by MORI among … Financial and business terms
quota sample — noun A proportional sample of people in a specific category or categories of the population defined in terms of age, sex, social class, etc • • • Main Entry: ↑quota … Useful english dictionary
quota sample — / kwəυtə ˌsɑ:mpəl/ noun a sample which is preselected on the basis of specific criteria so as best to represent the group of people sampled ● The quota sample was used to represent the various ethnic groupings in their correct proportions … Marketing dictionary in english
quota sample — A cheaper alternative to random sampling commonly used in opinion polls , due to their narrow focus on political and other attitudes, and their high frequency giving, in effect, constant replication. Instead of interviewers being issued with a… … Dictionary of sociology
sample — ▪ I. sample sam‧ple 1 [ˈsɑːmpl ǁ ˈsæm ] noun [countable] 1. a number of people or things chosen from a large group to take part in studies that provide information about the whole group: sample of • Of a sample of executives in 600 companies,… … Financial and business terms
Quota sampling — In quota sampling, the population is first segmented into mutually exclusive sub groups, just as in stratified sampling. Then judgment is used to select the subjects or units from each segment based on a specified proportion. For example, an… … Wikipedia
Sample (statistics) — In statistics, a sample is a subset of a population. Typically, the population is very large, making a census or a complete enumeration of all the values in the population impractical or impossible. The sample represents a subset of manageable… … Wikipedia
sample, quota — See quota sample … Dictionary of sociology
sample — 1) A small quantity of a commodity, etc. , selected to represent the bulk of a quantity of goods. See sale by sample 2) A small quantity of a product, given to potential buyers to enable them to test its suitability for their purposes. 3) A group … Big dictionary of business and management
quota sampling — A method of non probability sampling in which the selection of the respondents is based upon some stratification and the setting of quota controls on each strata (sub group). The respondents to be sampled are divided into strata, according to the … Big dictionary of business and management
