The phrase "a comprehensive sample" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a sample that is thorough and includes all necessary elements or aspects of a particular subject or study.
Example: "In order to draw accurate conclusions, we need to analyze a comprehensive sample of the data collected during the survey."
Alternatives: "an extensive sample" or "a thorough sample".
Using a comprehensive sample of 1,137 managers managing 679 CEFs over 1985 to 2010, we test two competing hypotheses.
The panel's terms of reference indicate that 'a final report will be provided to the secretary by mid-2016 covering both better practice and a comprehensive sample of reviews'.
The principle is not confined to individual anecdotes or case studies, but has been borne out in some econometric tests of the determinants of economic performance across a comprehensive sample of countries.
In our new article, "Staggered Boards and Long-Term Firm Value, Revisited," forthcoming in the Journal of Financial Economics, we reconsider the staggered board debate using a comprehensive sample period (1978 2015) and document evidence that suggests the opposite conclusion.
Using a comprehensive sample of U.S. IPOs from 1980 to 2008, consisting of 5,927 IPOs meeting criteria that are common in the empirical IPO literature, we propose and test the M&A anticipation hypothesis.
The aim of the study was to investigate feasibility, self-reported distress and anxiety management strategies during an fMRI experiment in a comprehensive sample of patients with panic disorder and agoraphobia (PD/AG).
A comprehensive sampling design allowed for the analysis of the cheese microflora during its production over 20 months of ripening.
Get up and paint!" There are times when -- listening to "Ego Scriptor Cantilenae: The Music of Ezra Pound," a comprehensive sampling of the poet's little-known musical output -- one wants to shout: "Pound!
Two boreholes were drilled and continuous cores were recovered in order to carry out a detailed core description at centimeter scale and a comprehensive sampling of borehole cores.
Our study revealed the importance of combining environmental tracer approaches and a comprehensive sampling campaign (local sources of nitrate, soil water, river water, and groundwater) to identify the nitrate sources in groundwater and its vulnerability.
For high-level molecular phylogenies, a comprehensive sampling design is a key factor for not only improving inferential accuracy, but also for maximizing the explanatory power of the resulting phylogeny.
