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Representative Sample: - A portion of material or water that is as nearly identical in content and consistency as possible to that in the larger body of material or water being sampled.
[Environmental Protection Agency]

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Bedside Manner, Board Certification Matter: Survey Reveals Top ...  -  05 Aug 2008
FOXBusinessThe telephone survey was conducted May 16-19, 2008, among a representative sample of 1009 adults (men and women over the age of 18) in the continental

25 YEARS - FRITSCH-LASER TECHNOLOGY!  -  05 Aug 2008
Verivox (Pressemitteilung),The FRITSCH instrument range also includes sample divider and feeder, because representative sample dividing of dry samples or suspension as well as

Urban women ‘are primary earners’  -  05 Aug 2008
Business Day,The sample was weighted to provide a representative sample of 3 -million urban women older than 20 years of age, earning R2500 or more a month.

How we surveyed Chicago students  -  05 Aug 2008
Chicago Sun-Times,The survey results do not claim to reflect a representative sample of the entire system, but they do offer a broad look at the impact on students at three

Consumer Reports Survey: US Consumers Lost Nearly $8.5 Billion to ...  -  05 Aug 2008
FOXBusinessThe magazine's 2008 State of the Net survey was conducted by the Consumer Reports National Research Center using a nationally representative sample of more

Microsoft’s new advertising Vista  -  05 Aug 2008
MSNBCPlus, we don’t know whether the people they show are a representative sample of the public. Microsoft says it polled 140 people, and most of them liked

Many US adults with chronic illness are uninsured  -  05 Aug 2008
ReutersBased on this nationally representative sample, they calculated that 16.1 percent of people with heart disease, 15.5 percent of those with high blood

The EFF Launches Net-Neutrality Test for ISPs  -  05 Aug 2008
NewsFactor Network,AudibleMagic is a software tool that samples the actual content of P2P transferred files, capturing a representative sample of a suspected copyrighted audio

Microsoft Proves the World Is Small – But A Little Larger Than We ...  -  05 Aug 2008
ProfyWith this representative sample the researchers claimed that they had the largest social network in the world to study. The results were not exactly what

Top 10 Most Pirated TV Shows on BitTorrent (wk31)  -  05 Aug 2008
TorrentFreakThe data is collected by TorrentFreak from a representative sample of BitTorrent sites and is for informational and educational reference only.

Use of OTC Cold Medications in Infants Still High, Warrants ...  -  05 Aug 2008
DG News...data between 1999 and 2006 from the Slone Survey, a national telephone survey of medication use in a representative sample of the US population.

Harvest of Shame: Former Sierra Leonean Ruler Valentine Strasser  -  05 Aug 2008
World Press ReviewIn his cross cultural survey to examine the presence of the concepts of forgiveness and reconciliation in a representative sample of 60 world societies,

IFR: Three PND Makers Grab More Than 75% Of Shelf Share  -  05 Aug 2008
Twice,IFR surveyed a representative sample of 300 outlets in 12 key markets to produce the results, which are projected to represent nationwide shelf share.

1 in 10 children using cough, cold medications  -  05 Aug 2008
EurekAlert (press release),...data between 1999 and 2006 from the Slone Survey, a national telephone survey of medication use in a representative sample of the US population.

Economic Anxiety is Soaring to Unprecedented Levels, According to ...  -  05 Aug 2008
Earthtimes (press release),19% 24% 25% 24% Severe Anxiety 14% 30% 29% 37% Note: All results are among a representative sample of consumers 18+ years of age About Yankelovich,

Shamrock farms out taste test at Chandler chamber  -  Aug 3, 2008
Arizona Republic,..."They're going to save the money on market research, get goodwill in the community and provide a pretty representative sample of local people.

Is Immigrant Status Relevant in School Violence Research? An ...  -  Aug 3, 2008
RedOrbit,The average mean SES for the Latino students was 48.6% below the average mean for SES for the entire nationally representative sample.

Trends in HIV-related risk behaviors among high school students  -  Aug 3, 2008
Food Consumer,Those surveys that used a representative sample of schools, had appropriate documentation, and achieved a response rate of 70% or higher were weighted to

Hurricane Preparedness Survey: Worries About Drinking Water And ...  -  Jul 27, 2008
Science Daily (press release)The survey was conducted with a representative sample of 5055 non-institutionalized adults ages 18 and over in high hurricane risk counties in eight states.

Consumers are Confident in the Financial Strength of Their Own Bank  -  Jul 29, 2008
Earthtimes (press release),FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. , July 29 -- Based on a nationally representative sample, a full 87 percent of consumers are confident in the financial strength of

Quarterly Activities and Cashflow Report  -  Jul 30, 2008
Sydney Morning Herald,A representative sample was compiled from RC drill samples (reported as 17 m @ 8.01g/t Au) and the resultant composite sample check assayed reporting back

Birthday Gift to Obama - Your Generational Identity Revealed  -  Aug 4, 2008
Earthtimes (press release),The polling of a nationally representative sample of 500 US adults born in 1961 was conducted by MarketTools, using their TrueSample technology,

Updated Statement of Additional Information  -  Jul 31, 2008
Sydney Morning Herald,..."Representative sampling" is an indexing strategy that involves investing in a representative sample of securities that collectively has an investment

Survey Method Questioned as WHUR Surges  -  Jul 25, 2008
Washington Post,In brief, the ratings are determined by a representative sample of listeners throughout the Washington area. Arbitron sends out diaries to these listeners

The Voice of Your Community — Knowing How to Leverage it  -  Aug 4, 2008
CRM TodayIf your elite are a good overall representative sample, working with this elite set is easy – you can listen to them for feature requests, you can bounce

Amy Owens: Get the facts about midlife singles  -  Jul 31, 2008
Noblesville Daily Times,The AARP survey was conducted online in June 2003 using a randomly recruited and nationally representative sample of the US population.

Index funds good for passive investors  -  Aug 2, 2008
Economic Times,The fund attempts to replicate the investment results of the target index by holding all or a representative sample of the securities in the index.

Black women score more  -  Aug 2, 2008
The Times,The survey was weighted to provide a representative sample of three million urban women over the age of 20, and earning R2500 or more a month.

Health or sports? It's no contest!  -  Aug 2, 2008
Jerusalem Post,The telephone survey was conducted on a representative sample of 500 people aged 18 and up, and was commissioned by a public relations company.

We need to reenergise democracy  -  Jul 26, 2008
Times Online,Overall, we are not a representative sample. A high percentage are graduates and many are active in Tuscany’s extensive network of civil society

IPC Releases PCB Industry Results gor June 2008  -  Jul 30, 2008
ThomasNet Industrial News Room,The information in IPC's monthly PCB industry statistics is based on data provided by a representative sample of both rigid and flexible PCB manufacturers

School Violence: Associations With Control, Security/Enforcement ...  -  Jul 18, 2008
RedOrbit,Mayer and Leone (1999) examined approaches to school violence prevention and reduction using data from the nationally representative sample of high school

Fish spices up inflation menu  -  Jul 25, 2008
Economic Times,...of animal husbandry to treat fisheries as an important sector and undertake regular monitoring of its prices, taking a more representative sample.

Cardero Receives Positive Results from the Pampa de Pongo Iron ...  -  Jul 21, 2008
MarketWatchFurthermore, a representative sample of this concentrate was subsequently used in a pelletizing test to produce an excellent pellet, with 95.9% of the

Fourth Quarter Activities Report  -  Jul 23, 2008
Sydney Morning Herald,...drillcore (intercept from 78 to 116m) averaging 0.26% Sn. The interval comprised a representative sample of fresh tin bearing greisenised granite.

Diabetics risk hearing loss  -  Aug 1, 2008
Gulf Daily News,...rate of hearing loss amongst those with diabetes after analysing the results of hearing tests given to a representative sample of adults in Bahrain.

Can you hear me now? Obama's missing 2 percent  -  Jul 13, 2008
SalonBy Jonathan Brown and Paul Maslin July 14, 2008 | Say you want to reach a representative sample of the US electorate for a presidential poll.

Israeli Voters Favor Netanyahu, Likud, Two Opinion Polls Show  -  Aug 1, 2008
Bloomberg...according to the poll for Ma'ariv, which said it surveyed a representative sample of the adult population, without providing further details.

Canberra stalls on Brumby's TAFE loan scheme  -  Aug 1, 2008
The Age,A spokeswoman for Skills Minister Jacinta Allan defended the changes, saying the survey was not a fair and representative sample.

The Dog Ate My Homework  -  Jul 29, 2008
FOXSports.comThis listing is not complete, but merely a representative sample: January 30, 2001: Just weeks after signing his massive eight-year, $160 million contract

Sex in your 70s  -  Jul 9, 2008
NHS Choices,The study was set up to investigate health and health-related factors in a representative sample of 70 year olds from Gothenburg, both those living at home

From the Wire  -  Jul 14, 2008
AlterNet,Say you want to reach a representative sample of the US electorate for a presidential poll. The Obama-McCain race is relatively close these days,

Putting a Face on Market Research  -  Jul 21, 2008
NewsFactor Network,By Curt Dommeyer In the market-research experiment, a survey was mailed to a nationally representative sample of people. All the mailings were identical

Promise of prompt access to family doctors not met  -  Jul 30, 2008
guardian.co.uk,The survey of a representative sample of 69000 patients found GPs continued to be popular, with about 93% of patients saying they had been treated with

Non-parental Care Of Infants Tied To Unfavorable Feeding Practices  -  Jul 11, 2008
Science Daily (press release)In their study, Kim and Peterson analyzed baseline data from a nationally representative sample of 8150 9-month-old infants to determine whether

High Gas Prices Hurting Small Businesses  -  Jul 30, 2008
New York Times,The semiannual telephone survey of a representative sample of 621 owners this spring found that small-business owners are being squeezed by higher energy

White | Middle Class | Sports | Middle Aged  -  Jul 30, 2008
Oneindia,The findings have been drawn from a nationally representative sample of households that comprised 61000 adults, just under half of whom (27217) were men.

Despite Positive Surprises Analysts Continue to Cut  -  Jul 29, 2008
istockAnalyst.com,It is not a representative sample since some sectors historically report sooner than others. This however, is good news, since a much higher percentage of

Americans look for ray of hope in economic gloom  -  Jul 29, 2008
The Associated PressThe Consumer Confidence report — derived from responses received through July 22 of a representative sample of 5000 US households — also showed that

Schroders Survey: US Individual Investors Maintain Long-Term Focus ...  -  Jul 29, 2008
MarketWatchThe Schroder US Individual Investor Survey was conducted as an omnibus online poll, between May 27 and May 28, among a nationally representative sample of




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