The phrase "a comprehensive sample of" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to a thorough or complete representation of a particular group or category in research or analysis.
Example: "The study included a comprehensive sample of participants from various demographics to ensure diverse perspectives."
Alternatives: "an extensive selection of" or "a thorough representation of".
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.
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).
Using a comprehensive sample of stock option repricings announced between 2004 and 2009, we find that repricing firms following the restrictive policies of proxy advisors exhibit statistically lower market reactions to the repricing, lower operating performance, and higher employee turnover.
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.
We analysed Y-chromosomal haplotypes in a comprehensive sampling of European cattle.
Given the success of the experiment with data from the Chlorophyceae, the test was extended to include a comprehensive sampling of nu ITS2 rRNA sequence data from the green algal classes, Trebouxiophyceae (741 sequences) and Ulvophyceae (938 sequences).
The genes with expression across the eight tissues indicate their universal biological function in cells and therefore can be considered as genes with "housekeeping functions", although a proper definition of such genes would require a comprehensive sampling of tissues for the whole organism.
