proportional sampling

NOUN
21 LETTERS · STARTS WITH P

proportional sampling is a valid 21-letter word worth 29 points in Scrabble and 38 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS
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3 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 0 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 2 =29 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 58TRIPLE WORD → 87
MEANING

What does proportional sampling mean?

NOUN · 1 SENSE
1

The population is divided into subpopulations (strata) and random samples are taken of each stratum.

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