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DISCOVERY SAMPLING [2 records]

Record 1 1998-10-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistical Surveys
  • Accounting
DEF

Exploratory sampling to determine whether the proportion of units with a given attribute does not exceed a given percentage of the population.

Key term(s)
  • tracking poll

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sondages et enquêtes (Statistique)
  • Comptabilité
DEF

Sondage exploratoire visant à vérifier si la proportion des unités possédant un certain attribut n'est pas supérieure à un pourcentage donné de la population.

Spanish

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Record 2 1998-08-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistical Surveys
DEF

Acceptance sampling whereby an entire population is accepted only if the sample contains no disparities.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sondages et enquêtes (Statistique)
DEF

Sondage par lequel le lot entier (la population) est accepté lorsque l'échantillon ne renferme aucune erreur.

OBS

Il s'agit en fait d'un sondage pour acceptation dont le critère d'acceptation est de 0 et dont l'objectif principal est de détecter au moins une erreur.

Spanish

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