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Sample

Term · Economic statistics · MLC-T-ECS-001726

  1. Subset of a population, usually selected randomly and considered representative of the population.

    Note: For example, the Current Population Survey (CPS) monthly sample size is approximately 60,000 households.

  2. Entities selected for a specific survey.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ECS-001726
FieldEconomic statistics
ReferencesBLS Glossary; U.S. Census Bureau Glossary
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ECS-001726",
  "term": "Sample",
  "field": "Economic statistics",
  "definitions": [
    "Subset of a population, usually selected randomly and considered representative of the population.\n\nNote: For example, the Current Population Survey (CPS) monthly sample size is approximately 60,000 households.",
    "Entities selected for a specific survey."
  ],
  "references": [
    "BLS Glossary",
    "U.S. Census Bureau Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/economic-statistics/sample/"
}

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