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CONVENIENCE SAMPLE [2 records]

Record 1 2000-07-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Soil Science
  • General Scientific and Technical Vocabulary
DEF

Sample chosen on the basis of accessibility, expediency, cost, efficiency, or other reason not directly concerned with sampling parameters.

OBS

The terme "ad hoc sampling" is sometimes applied to this type of sampling.

OBS

Term and definition standarized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Science du sol
  • Vocabulaire technique et scientifique général
DEF

Échantillon choisi en fonction de l'accessibilité, de l'adéquation. des coûts, de l'éfficacité ou de tout autre motif sans rapport direct avec les paramètres d'échantillonnage.

OBS

Le terme «échantillonnage ad hoc» s'applique parfois à ce type d'échantillonnage.

OBS

Terme et définition normalisés par ISO.

Spanish

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Record 2 1987-06-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Marketing Research
  • Statistical Surveys
DEF

Data collected from the most readily available elements of an appropriate population. No known way of measuring the degree of accuracy of the sample can be applied to a sample chosen this way.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Étude du marché
  • Sondages et enquêtes (Statistique)

Spanish

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