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The phrase "a bad sample" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a sample that is of poor quality or not representative of the whole.
Example: "The results of the experiment were inconclusive due to a bad sample that skewed the data."
Alternatives: "a poor specimen" or "an inferior sample".
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Trump with 37% and 90,000 votes (not a bad sample size for an opinion survey).
The YouTube video looks good to us, but then again, it's not like Canon would show off the new T2i with a bad sample video.
That is a bad sample drawing to use for a product image.
More than 20 people responded to me — not a bad sample for a qualitative investigation developed and conducted within two weeks.
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That could be caused by a bad sampling.
A good writing sample would be a handwritten letter, while a bad writing sample would be one or two words written on a sheet of paper.
As any homeowner knows, this is the way the world ends: not with a bang but a bad paint sample.
It is now cited as a bad journalism sample by StinkyJournalism.org for their failure to factcheck.
Bad sample sizes give bad data, which gives bad statistics when you don't give their context.
Therefore, MSA has a better chance to correct for the bad sampling at a later point in time, which dynamic S-VNS has not.
It is here, and only here, that we detect the crucial difference between good and bad samples, defined as a minimum of 200 bp amplifiable target sequence.
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