The phrase "aim of the sample" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the purpose or objective of a particular sample in research or analysis.
Example: "The aim of the sample was to determine the effectiveness of the new drug in a controlled environment."
Alternatives: "purpose of the sample" or "objective of the sample".
For the embedded retention trial, we extracted data for onset in relation to the host trial, source of the sample, aim, primary outcome and type of follow-up.
The aim of the sampling procedure for the health facility survey was to seek district representation, therefore, no sample size calculation was carried out.
The aim of the sampling was to broaden the data material both in terms of geographical distribution and in terms of type and size of health facilities.
The main aim of the sampling strategy was to identify interviewees who could report first hand on the development and implementation of the strategy.
The aim of the sampling strategy was to define the full kinetic profile over the whole population, by drawing a small number of samples at different times from a large number of patients.
The aim of this sample was to generate variation in our sample between those patients who had not had arthroscopies and those who had.
This categorization was based in the concept of the Importance-Performance Analysis (IPA) method with the aim of dividing the sample into groups, in which HQoL and OHRQoL showed similar results (both good or bad) [ 38].
In this work, a novel method for designing window functions is proposed, with the aim of removing the sampling constraint and, therefore, reducing the number of sampling points on the sphere, while retaining a high order for the window.
The aims of the sampling strategy are to recruit a maximum variation sample as far as is possible along our hypothesised axes of difference (family composition, ethnicity and employment status), amending the sampling strategy as needed in the light of new themes identified in emerging data.
The primary aim of the strategic sample selection was to include the same number of participants in relation to their treatment group and their overall improvement.
