The phrase "a representative portion" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a sample or segment that accurately reflects the characteristics of a larger group or whole.
Example: "In our study, we analyzed a representative portion of the population to ensure our findings were valid."
Alternatives: "a typical sample" or "an indicative segment".
Here we show that jaguar ecotourism represents a gross annual income of US$6,827,392 in land-use revenue across a representative portion the Brazilian Pantanal, the world's largest wetland.
One aim of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) is to protect a representative portion of the environment through spatial closures to extractive practices such as fisheries.
BioCLUST offers an alternative to other biomass mapping methods when scene-specific plot data are limited and a photo-inventory is available for a representative portion of a Landsat scene.
"Having thought this was just another concrete monstrosity they were tearing down, their outlook was really transformed". She says the museum has acquired a "representative portion", piecing together interior fittings from a number of other flats, along with the facade fins and raised walkway, to ensure that a three-storey taster of two maisonettes can be reconstructed.
When choosing a specific instrument, investigators must consider some important caveats: different classes of dust generators characterize different properties (complete collection of a small puff of aerosol versus sampling of a representative portion of a large aerosol cloud) and physical processes (resuspension of deposited dust versus in situ production of dust).
The MRI scan was segmented to reveal the cortical surface and a representative portion of the patient's face.
The list of available tools is extensive and we can only highlight a small, representative portion of the tools from each area.
This would allow a more representative portion of the hockey world to attend.
Therefore, we have achieved our first major goal of describing a substantial, representative portion of the R. pomonella transcriptome.
The algorithm generates a significant and representative portion of the Pareto optimal set.
The aim of sampling is to obtain a small and representative portion of the population studied.
