small sample
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsmallandsample
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small
adjective
uk/smɔːl/us/smɑːl/
little in size or amount when compared with what is typical ...
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sample
noun[C]
uk/ˈsɑːm.pəl/us/ˈsæm.pəl/
a small amount of something that shows you what the rest is or should ...
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(Definition ofsmallandsamplefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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To date, the synaptic input to midget and parasol cells has been studied only in asmallsampleof cells.
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It must be stressed, however, that these are only initial observations based upon asmallsample.
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The species responding to baits represent a relativelysmallsampleof the meliponine guild, and may be biased to include foraging generalists, rather than specialists.
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Smallsamplesizes are not unusual in studies with terminally-ill patients since the severity of the disease can cause unexpected events.
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Smallsampleinference for fixed effects estimates from restricted maximum likelihood.
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Limitations include lack of measurement of maternal depressive symptoms over time, a relativelysmallsamplesize, and lack of direct measurement of maternal sensitivity.
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These include, for example, concerns with ceiling effects,smallsamplesizes, broad age ranges, and reliance on mental age scores.
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The drawback ofsmallsamplesizes was, therefore, reduced.
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In the case of a proportional atsmallsampleproportions, the power to establish noninferiority remains low.
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Due tosmallsamplesizes for individual traps, we pooled contents of all traps and of all ground quadrats, respectively, at each tree for analysis.
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In view of thesmallsamplesize, these findings should be regarded as rather preliminary but worthy of further exploration.
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Thesmallsamplesizes in some of the groups necessitated a conservative approach to the multivariate analysis.
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Generally, lower surfaces on all terraces were less exposed, resulting insmallsamplesizes for all recovered materials.
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Certainly all but one of the twin studies examining body image have utilised relativelysmallsample sizes, and are therefore likely to be underpowered.
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For some species and sites numbers of males and females at the site of oviposition were very low, resulting insmallsamplesizes.
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