| The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002. |
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| In statistics, a group drawn from a larger population and used to estimate the characteristics of the whole population. | 1 |
| ‡ Opinion polls use small groups of people, often selected at random, as a sample of the opinions of the general public. | 2 |
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| | | The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. Edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr., Joseph F. Kett, and James Trefil. Copyright © 2002 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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