Mathematics A-Level
Opportunity sample
What Opportunity sample means in Mathematics A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Opportunity sample
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A sample made from people or items that are available or convenient at the time of selection.
Topics that use Opportunity sample
- K: Statistical sampling (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- informal inference
- Opportunity sampling
- Parameter
- Population
- Representative
- Sample
- sampling frame
- Simple random sampling
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