The phrase "a young sample" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts such as research, statistics, or discussions about demographics where age is a relevant factor.
Example: "In our study, we focused on a young sample of participants to understand the preferences of the younger generation."
Alternatives: "a youthful group" or "an early-stage sample".
Fourthly, this study relied on self-report measures from a young sample.
This was a young sample with an average age of 45 years (range 26 to 61) at baseline.
Moreover, studies of general populations that do include a young sample often report data lumped together into large age groups, making it difficult to distinguish information about HRQL in adolescence and young adulthood.
The low comorbidity of anxiety disorders with dysthymia, depression, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is likely to result from two characteristics of our sample, being a community sample and a young sample, aged 8 12.
With this as a starting point, the present study will focus on the Short Form 36 (SF-36) and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) used in a young sample (aged 13 23) of the general Swedish population, providing norms and investigating the influence of demographic variables and different methods of administration.
We speculate with optimism that replicating this study with a younger sample would reveal that the gender differences we found are less pronounced.
It is possible that a relationship between the Stroop and BIS may have been more easily detected in a younger sample, given that age may influence Stroop performance (Comalli et al. 1962).
Based on qualitative focus group interviews among 11-year-olds the scales should not be used in a younger sample as these interviews indicated the content or phrasing of the items was either irrelevant or difficult to understand for this age group.
That said, a younger sample may provide more accurate results among women with normal sexual function.
We purposely recruited a younger sample to minimize falls and balance perturbations related to age.
A second longitudinal study by Bassuk et al. investigated the influence of the emotional component of social support over 12 years among a younger sample (65+ years) [ 10].
