The phrase "a comparable sample" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a sample that is similar or equivalent to another sample in terms of certain characteristics or criteria.
Example: "In our study, we analyzed a comparable sample of participants to ensure the validity of our results."
Alternatives: "an equivalent sample" or "a similar sample".
Catecholamines were investigated by collecting all urine produced from the start of the dive series until the first micturition after diving and compared with a comparable sample the day after diving.
The final EKG exam score for this cohort (n = 15) was 84.1 compared to 86.6 (p = 0.22) for a comparable sample of medical students (n = 15) at a different campus.
The Orbitrap analysis results are also compared with FT-ICR MS analysis results from a comparable sample set [1].
One has to go back to 1996-97 and 1991-92, two two seasons he won the Norris, or 1993-94, when he won the Conn Smythe Trophy as most valuable player of the Stanley Cup playoffs, to find a comparable sample of how much better Leetch is than the league's defensemen right now.
As Survation made clear in a statement: "The most meaningful way to interpret the results of this polling is in the proper context alongside a comparable sample of non-Muslims".
"Our view remains that the most meaningful way to interpret the results of this polling is in the proper context alongside a comparable sample of non-Muslims, as we did in March of this year using identical methodology and the same question wording," the pollster said in a statement.
That compares to nearly one in three at a comparable sampling of large European banks, where there has been improvement since the crisis.
In a first attempt, we have used very simple gametocyte traits and it is remarkable that, in our model, a consistent human genetic contribution was observed in the two sites that employed a comparable sampling protocol.
First, in a previous study of this population in Almería, employing a comparable sampling effort, we found that at the end of the mating season, when males are a scarce resource [13], the number of males observed visiting each female was 1.3±0.1 a number equal to that observed in the Medium male-availability treatment in the current study (1.3±0.4).
One hopes the authors will find the resources to test their hypothesis that similar levels of Acropora reproductive synchrony would be detected at Eilat using a comparable sampling protocol.
Given the proximity to Eilat, we predict that a comparable sampling protocol would detect similar levels of reproductive synchrony throughout the Gulf of Aqaba consistent with the hypothesis that high levels of spawning synchrony are a feature of all speciose coral assemblages.
