WordNet
n. the population is divided into subpopulations (strata) and random samples are taken of each stratum [syn: stratified sampling, proportional sampling]
Usage examples of "representative sampling".
We must acquire a larger, representative sampling of the population and put the same questions and tests to them that we have put to you.
So the normal pack of the Cluster Tarot contained a representative sampling of each card.
A representative sampling of his short fiction and nonfiction can be found in N-Space.
Perhaps this new world is somehow a representative sampling of human, and hominid, history.
Durling, plus a representative sampling of the congressional victims.
Have them supply you a representative sampling of types employing the new Nexus-6 unit.
But there was also the secondary aim of offering a representative sampling of his different nonfictional modes -- autobiographical.
The gentlemen of the press aren't in the world's best mood, because the prime space in front of the podium has been reserved for a representative sampling (drawn by lottery) of French Landing's residents.