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random sampling  

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  • Random sampling refers to SURVEY sampling designs that meet the criteria necessary to permit the use of randomization-based methods of STATISTICAL INFERENCE. The term probability sampling is synonymous. The defining characteristics of a random sampling design are the following: 1. [Source: The SAGE Encyclopedia of Social Science Research Methods; Random Sampling]

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