sampling frame
What sampling frame means in Mathematics A-Level, as defined for AQA, WJEC.
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Reference: WJEC
A list numbered from 1 to N from which items are picked via pseudo-random numbers without replacement in simple random sampling.
The list or source from which the sample is selected.
Topics that use sampling frame
- K: Statistical sampling (AQA A-Level)
- Statistical Sampling (AS Unit 2: Applied Mathematics A) (WJEC A-Level)
Related terms
- informal inference
- Opportunity sampling
- Population
- Sample
- Simple random sampling
- methodological evaluation
- Parameter
- parameter estimation
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