Sentence examples for a balanced sample from inspiring English sources
Analysis of cervical cancer screening uptake with the BHPS was done in a further analysis with a balanced sample [5].
Analysis of breast cancer screening uptake with the BHPS was done in one study with a balanced sample [6].
The dataset on poultry farmers was small, but included quite a balanced sample of small and large producers.
The schools that are selected will have a different level of innovation maturity in order to provide a balanced sample.
However, we run an additional sensitivity analysis on a balanced sample to determine whether the results are affected by the fact that the sample changes systematically over time.
Assaf and Magnini (2012) used the distance stochastic frontier method and a balanced sample of leading hotel chains in the US to measure the hotel efficiency scores and examine the effects of customer satisfaction on the hotel rankings.
When implemented as a balanced sampling design, the inclusion probabilities of the population units are known.
In the present study, a balanced sampling design with the same number of samples per day, time of day, collector and method, was used to assess the species richness and composition of a Quercus suber woodland in Central Portugal.
In this study soil samples from an ex-landfill site in Brighton, UK were analysed for polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) contamination by using a balanced sampling protocol.
We explored the response of species and functional trait composition of saproxylic beetle assemblages using a balanced sampling design in which we crossed forest continuity (ancient vs recent) and stand maturity (mature vs overmature).
A balanced sampling design has the interesting property that Horvitz Thompson estimators of totals for a set of balancing variables are equal to the totals we want to estimate, therefore the variance of Horvitz Thompson estimators of variables of interest are reduced in function of their correlations with the balancing variables.
